High Bailiff

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The High Bailiff (Manx: Ard-Vaylee) is a legal position held within the Isle of Man. The High Bailiff is the head stipendiary magistrate.

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The current High Bailiff is His Worship John Needham, who is not Manx nor qualified in the jurisdiction, who took office on 30 January 2010 on the retirement of Mr Michael Moyle. Mr Needham was previously Clerk to the Justices. The current Deputy High Bailiff is Her Worship Jayne Hughes.

The High Bailiff and his deputy are appointed by the Council of Ministers. The High Bailiff and Deputy High Bailiff are ex officio Judicial Officers of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man[1] and Coroners of Inquests.[2]

Originally there was a High Bailiff of each of the four towns of the Island, Castletown, Ramsey, Peel and Douglas. In 1911 the offices of High Bailiff of Castletown and Douglas, and the offices of High Bailiff of Peel and Ramsey, were merged. Those offices were merged in turn in 1933 to form a single office of High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.

High Bailiffs of Castletown

  • William Callow, 1777-?
  • Robert Kelly, 1811-?
  • John Kelly, 1832–1854
  • James Gell, 1854–1866
  • John Moore Jeffcott, 1866–1892
  • Sir James Gell, 1892–1911

High Bailiffs of Douglas

  • John Cosnahan, 1777–1808
  • Norris Moore, 1808–1816
  • John McHutchin, 1816–1819
  • James Quirk, 1820–1841
  • John Courtney Bluett, ?-1855
  • Senhouse Wilson, 1855–1864
  • Samuel Harris, 1864–1905
  • Sir James Gell, 1905–1911

High Bailiffs of Peel

  • Robert Farrant, 1777–1794
  • Captain George Savage, 1794–1802
  • Thomas Clark, 1802–1807
  • Hugh Clucas, 1808–1817
  • James Quirk, 1817–1820
  • John Llewellyn, 1820–1840
  • Richard Harrison, 1840–1853
  • Robert John Moore, 1853–1884
  • A.N. Laughton, 1884–1911

High Bailiffs of Ramsey

  • John Frissell Crellin, 1777–1794
  • James Wilks, 1794–1805
  • Thomas Gawne, 1805–1812
  • Ewan Gill, 1812–1821
  • Thomas Arthur Corlett, 1821–1828
  • John Caesar Gelling, 1828–1832
  • Frederick Tellett, 1832–1873
  • Sir Alured Dumbell, 1873–1880
  • John Corlet LaMothe, 1880–1898
  • James Murray Cruikshank, 1898–1911

High Bailiffs of Douglas and Castletown

  • James Stowell Gell, 1911–1918
  • Reginald Douglas Farrant, 1919–1925
  • William Lay, 1925–1933

High Bailiffs of Ramsey and Peel

  • James Murray Cruikshank, 1911–1916
  • F. M. LaMothe, 1916–1921
  • William Lay, 1921–1925
  • William Percy Cowley, 1925–1933

High Bailiffs of the Isle of Man

Deputy High Bailiff

See also

References

  1. ↑ High Court Act 1991 s.3C
  2. ↑ Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 s.1
  3. ↑ MLR 1921-51
  4. ↑ MLR 1921-51
  5. ↑ –
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