The ancient kingdom of Man - from 1406 Lordship - became a selfgoverning fief of
the English Crown in 1334.
By the 18th century, the island had become a major center of smuggling trade and
to stop this the British Government purchased it in 1765 for £70,000. (1)
Originally ruled as a British possession, its statute of selfgoverning dependency
of the Fnglish Crown was restored in 1866. (2)
(1) Until 1830 the Dukes of Atholl, the former Lords of Man, continued to enjoy
some financial rights.
(2) Man was no part of the United Kingdom, which was however responsible for
the island's defence and foreign relations.
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant Governors
1845 - 1860 Charles Hope 1808 -
1860 Mark Hildesley Quayle* 1804 - 1879
1860 - 1863 Francis Stainsby Conant Piggott 1... - 1863
1863 Mark Hildesley Quayle* (2x)
1863 - 1882 Sir (1880) Henry Brougham Loch 1827 -
1882 - 1893 Sir Spencer Walpole 1839 - 1907
1893 - 1895 Sir Joseph West Ridgeway 1844 - 1930
1895 - 1902 John Major Henniker-Major, Baron Henniker 1842 - 1902
1902 - 1918 George Fitzroy Henry, Baron Raglan 1857 - 1921
1918 - 1925 MajGen. William Fry 1858 - 1934
1926 - 1932 Sir Claude Hamilton Archer Hill 1866 - 1934
1932 - 1937 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler 1873 - 1952
1937 - 1945 Vadm. William Spencer Leveson Gower,
Earl (1939) Granville 1880 - 1953
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sodor and Man was erected in the 11th century.
It became an Anglican diocese in 1568, after the death of the last catholic bishop.
Its Bishops were ex-officio member of the Legislative Council of Man.
The diocese was part of the Province of York.
Lord Bishops of Sodor and Man
1847 - 1854 John Eden 1799 - 1869
1854 - 1877 Horatio Powys 1805 - 1877
1877 - 1887 Rowley Hill 1836 - 1887
1887 - 1892 John Wareing Bardesley 1835 - 1904
1892 - 1907 Norman Dumenil John Straton 1840 - 1918
1907 - 1911 Thomas Wortley Drury 1848 - 1926
1911 - 1924 James Denton Thompson 1856 - 1924
1925 - 1928 Charles Leonard Thornton-Duesbury 1867 - 1928
1928 - 1943 William Stanton Jones 1866 - 1951
1943 - 1954 John Ralph Strickland Taylor
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