Isle of Man
 

to 1835                       Lieutenant governor's Flag       (from 1848)  8 Jul 1929 - 9 Jul 1968 Civil Ensign                      Civil Ensign from 18 Sep 1971          Adopted 9 Jul 1968 (confirmed 27 Aug 1971)    Map of the Isle of Man Hear Local Anthem  "Arrane Ashoonagh" (National Anthem) Adopted 27 Mar 1907, Re-adopted 23 Jan 2003    Hear Royal Anthem  "God Save the Queen"  Constitution Acts (1919,1961,1990) (does not embody the unwritten Manx Constitution) Capital: Douglas (Castletown  to 1874) Currency: British Pound (GBP), Manx Pound (IMP) National Holiday:  5 Jul (1417) Tynwald Day  (Manx National Day) Population: 76,220 (2008) GDP: $2.71 billion (2005) Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A  Ethnic groups: Manx (Norse-Celtic descent) 47.6%, English 37.2%, Scottish 3.4%, Ulster Irish 2.3%, Irish 2.1%, Welsh 1.2%, Channel Islanders 0.3% (2006) Total Police Force: 293 (2003) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: 273 ships (2008) Religions: Christian 63.7% (of which Anglican 40.5%, Methodist 9.9%, Roman Catholic 8.2%, Baptist, Presbyterian, and  Society of Friends 7%), other (mostly non-religious) 36.3% (2000) International Organizations/Treaties: UPU Isle of Man Chronology   c.500's                    Celtic kingdom on Man 582 - 620                  Scottish rule under Dal Riata.  825 - 844                  Under Welsh (Gwynedd) rule. 853 - 894                  Subject to the Norse Kingdom of Dublin. 899 - c.914                Suzerainty disputed between Norse kings of Dublin                              Danish kings of York. 920 - 940                  Subordinated to Dublin and York. 989 -  2 Jul 1266          Norwegian fiefdom. 989 - 1014                 Subordinated to Orkney Islands. 1014 - 1065                Subordinated to Dublin. 1079                       Kingdom of Man and the Isles (including Western                               Isles or Hebrides, Mull, Islay, and Orkney                              to 1266). Jan 1156                   Man separated from the southern Isles of Mull,                               Islay, Coll, Tiree, and Kintyre which are made                              a separate kingdom of the Isles by Somerled. 1156 - 1164                Northern Hebrides ruled by Somerlend.  2 Jul 1266                Scottish fiefdom (to Feb 1290, May 1313-Jul 1317,                               and 1328 - 8 Jun 1333).   8 Jun 1333                English fiefdom (previously from Feb 1290-May 1313                              and Jul 1317-1328). 24 Jun 1417                First recorded meeting of the Tynwald (moved to                               Gregorian caldendar on 5 Jul in 1753). 29 Jul 1504                Lordship of the Isles of Man. 1594 - 1610                Direct crown rule. 29 Sep 1649 -  8 May 1660  Under Commonwealth administration. 21 Jun 1765                British possession ("revestment").  2 Jun 1828                Crown possession (the Atholl family's remaining                               manorial rights purchased).

Kings
c.500's                    Mannanán mac Alladh
c.560 - c.595              Llywarch Hen ("the Old")
                             (last king of South Rheged 534 - 534)
c.600's                    Dwywg ap Llywarch                  (b. c.560 - d. ...)
c.630's                    Caid ap Dwywg                      (b. c.595 - 6..)
c.670's                    Tegid ap Caid                      (b. c.630 - d. 6..)
c.700's                    Alcun ap Tegid                     (b. c.660 - d. 7..)
c.730's                    Sandde ap Alcun                    (b. c.690 - d. 7..)
c.760's                    Elidyr ap Sandde                   (b. c.720 - d. 7..)
... - c.780                Gwriad ap Elidyr                   (b. c.750 - d. 8..)
c.780 - 844                Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd      (d. 844)
844 - c.850                Rhodri Mawr ("the Great")
Jarls (earls)
c.853 - c.866              Ketil Flatnef
af.866 - 870               Olaf Ingialdsson, King of Dublin
c.872 - 8..                Tryggvi
8.. - 894                  Asbjörn Skerjablesi
Kings
894 - 921                  Ragnvaldr (Ragnall) Gudridsson,    (d. 921)
                             King of York
9.. - 937                  Gebeachan (Gibhleachan)            (d. 937)
c.937 - 942                Mac Ragnall                        (d. 942)
942 - 9..                  ....
c.972 - 977                Mac Harold (Magnus Haraldsson)     (d. 977)
977 - 989                  Godred (Gudrodr) I                 (d. 989)
c.989 - 1014               Sigurd Digre, Earl of Orkney       (d. 1014)
1005 - ....                Kenneth Godredson (in opposition)
10.. - 1034                Swein (in opposition)              (d. 1034)
1014 - 1052                Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney
1052 - 1060                Sigtryggr (Sictric) Ragnvaldsson
                           - in competition with following three -
1060                       Godred II MacRagnall 
1052 - c.1061              Margad, King of Dublin             (d. 1065)
1061 - 21 Nov 1070         Diarmaid mac Donnchadh Maolnambo,
                             King of Dublin
1066 - 1070                Godred III                         (d. 1070)
1070 - 1079                Fingal
                           - in competition with following three -
1072 - 1075                Gudrodr, King of Dublin
1075 - 1079                Turlough O'Brien, King of Munster
1079 - 1095                Godred IV Haraldsson Crowan        (b. 1040? - d. 1095)
                            ("White Hands") 
1095 - 1099                Lagman                             (d. 1111?)
1096 - 1098                Donald (Domnall Mac Teige)
                           + Ingemund 
                           (regents)
1099 - 1103                Magnus III Olavsson Berrføtt,      (b. 1073 - d. 1103)
                             King of Norway
1103 - 1113                Sigurd I Jórsalfare "the Crusader" (b. 1090 - d. 1130)
                             King of Norway 
1114 - 1153                Olaf I Bitling ("the Red")         (b. 1085? - d. 1153)
1153 - 1158                Godred V (1st time) ("the Black")  (d. 1187)
1158 - 1164                Somerled, Lord of Argyll           (b. 1100 - d. 1164)
1164 (4 days)              Ragnvaldr I (Ragnall, Reginald)    (d. 1229)
                             (1st time)
1164 - 10 Nov 1187         Godred V (2nd time)                (s.a.)
1187 - 1226                Ragnvaldr I (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1226 - 21 May 1237         Olaf II Svarti ("the Black")       (b. 1177 - d. 1237)
1230                       Godred VI Donn ("the Brown-Haired")(d. 1230)
                             (in the Outer Isles in Lewis)
21 May 1237 - Oct/Nov 1248 Harold I                           (b. 1223 - d. 1248)
 6 May 1249 - 30 May 1249  Ragnvaldr (Ragnall, Reginald) II   (d. 1249)
1249 - 1250                Harold II
1250 - 1252                Ivar
1252 - 24 Nov 1265         Magnus                             (d. 1265)
24 Nov 1265 - 19 Mar 1286  Alexander III, King of Scotland    (b. 1241 - d. 1286)
Sep 1275                   Godred (VII)(in rebellion)
19 Mar 1286 - 26 Sep 1290  Margaret, Queen of Scotland        (b. 1283 - d. 1290)
                             "the Maid of Norway"
Governors
1285 - 1290                William Huntercombe (English Lord)
 4 Jun 1290 - 1293         Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster   (b. c.1259 - d. 1326)
                             (English governor)
King
1293 - 1310                John Balliol, King of Scotland     (b. c.1250 - d. 1313)
Governors
1310 -  3 Mar 1311         Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham     (d. 1311) 
                             (English governor)
1311 - 19 Jun 1312         Piers Gavestone, Earl of Cornwall  (d. 1312)
1312                       Gilbert Makaskyl (custodian)
1312 - 1313                Henry de Beaumont
Kings
May 1313 - Dec 1313        Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland   (b. 1274 - d. 1329)
Dec 1313 - 20 Jul 1332     Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray     (d. 1332)
20 Jul 1332 -  8 Jun 1333  Vacant
 8 Jun 1333 -  9 Aug 1333  Edward III, King of England        (b. 1312 - d. 1377)
Lords¹
 9 Aug 1333 - 1344         William I Montague, (from 1337)    (b. 1301 - d. 1344)
                             Earl of Salisbury (formally from 1340)
1344 - 1392                William II Montague, Earl of       (b. 1328 - d. 1397)
                             Salisbury 
                             (retained title to 3 Jun 1397)
1393 - 30 Jul 1399         William III le Scrope,             (b. c.1351 - d. 1399)
                             Earl of Wiltshire
19 Oct 1399 - Apr 1405     Henry de Percy, Earl of            (b. 1341 - d. 1408)
                             Northumberland 
Kings
 4 Oct 1405 -  6 Jan 1414  Sir John I Stanley                 (b. c.1340 - d. 1414)
1414 - 1437                Sir John II Stanley                (b. c.1386 - d. 1437)
1437 - 1459                Thomas I Stanley, (from 1456)      (b. c.1405 - d. 1459)
                             Baron Stanley  
1469 - 29 Jul 1504         Thomas II Stanley,                 (b. c.1433 - d. 1504)
                             (from 27 Oct 1485) Earl of Derby 
Lords¹
29 Jul 1504 - 23 May 1521  Thomas III Stanley,                (b. c.1484 - d. 1521)
                             Earl of Derby 
23 May 1521 - 24 Oct 1572  Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby      (b. 1509 - d. 1572)
24 Oct 1572 - 25 Sep 1593  Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby       (b. 1531 - d. 1593)
                            (from 1547, Sir Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby)
25 Sep 1593 - 16 Apr 1594  Ferdinando Stanley, Earl of Derby  (b. 1559 - d. 1594)
16 Apr 1594 - 1607         Vacant; disputed by daughters of Ferdinando
1607 - 1608                Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, (b. 1540 - d. 1614)
                             Earl of Surrey
1608 - 1609                Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury    (b. 1563 - d. 1612)
 7 Jul 1609 - 1627         William IV Stanley, Earl of Derby  (b. c.1561 - d. 1642)
                             (confirmed 1610)
1612 - 1627                Elizabeth, Countess of Derby       (b. 1575 - d. 1627)
                             (administered the government)
10 Mar 1627 - 15 Oct 1651  James I Stanley, Baron Strange     (b. 1607 - d. 1651)
                             (from 1642, Earl of Derby)
                             (from Sep 1651, in rebellion)
29 Sep 1649 - 29 May 1660  Thomas Fairfax, Baron Fairfax      (b. 1612 - d. 1671)
                             (commonwealth administrator;
                             from 23 May 1652, Lord)
29 May 1660 - 21 Dec 1672  Charles Stanley, Earl of Derby     (b. 1628 - d. 1672)
21 Dec 1672 -  5 Nov 1702  William V Stanley, Earl of Derby   (b. 1654 - d. 1702)
 5 Nov 1702 -  1 Feb 1736  James II Stanley, Earl of Derby    (b. 1664 - d. 1736)
 1 Feb 1736 -  8 Jan 1764  James III Murray, Duke of Atholl   (b. 1690 - d. 1764)
 8 Jan 1764 - 21 Jun 1765  John III Murray, Duke of Atholl    (b. 1729 - d. 1774)
21 Jun 1765 -              the Monarchs of the United Kingdom
 

Governors
 4 Jun 1290 - 1293         Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster   (s.a.)
1293 - 1310                John Balliol, King of Scotland     (s.a.)
1310 -  3 Mar 1311         Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham     (s.a.)
1311 - 19 Jun 1312         Piers Gavestone, Earl of Cornwall  (s.a.)
1312                       Gilbert Makaskyl (custodian)
1312 - 1313                Henry de Beaumont
                             (Henri de Bello Monte)
19 Oct 1399 - Apr 1405     Henry de Percy, Earl of            (s.a.)
                             of Northumberland
1405 - 1417                Michael Blundell
1417 - 1418?               John Litherland
1418?                      John Fazakerly
1422 - 1428                John Walton
1428 - 14..                Henry Byron
1496 - 1497                Peter Dutton
1497 - 1505/08             Henry Radcliffe
1505/08 - 1511             Ralph Rushton
1511 - 1518                John Ireland
1518 - 1521                John Fazakerley
1521 - 1527                Thomas Danport
1527 - 1536                Henry Stanley
1536 - 1545                George Fleming
1545 - 1552                William Stanley
1552 - 1570                Henry Stanley
1570 - 1576                Edward Tarbrook
1576 - 1580                John Harmer
1580                       (Sir) Richard Shireburne
1580 - 1592                John Meyrick, Bishop of Man        (b. 1537/8 - d. 1599)
1592                       Thomas Mortimer (deputy captain)
1592 - 1593                Cuthbert Gerrard (1st time)(captain)
1593 - 1594                William Stanley (William IV)       (s.a.)
1594                       Thomas Burscough
1594                       Edward Ellis (1st time)(deputy)
1594 - 1595                Randulph Stanley                   (d. 1595)
Aug 1595 - 1608            Sir Thomas Gerard (or Garrett)
                             (did not take office)
1596                       Cuthbert Gerrard (2nd time)(deputy)
1596 - 1597                Peter (Piers) Legh (captain)
1596 - 1608                Robert Molyneux (deputy)
1599                       Edward Ellis (2nd time)(deputy)
1609 - 1623                John Ireland
1622 - 1624                Sir Ferdinando Legh (captain)      (d. 1654/5)
1624 - 1625                Edward Fletcher
1626 - 1627                Edward Holmewood
1627 - 1634                Edward Christian (1st time)
1634                       Ewan Christian
1634 - 1638                Sir Charles Gerard
1639                       Radclif Gerard
1639 - 1640                Foulkes Hunkes
1641 - 1642                Edward Christian (2nd time)
1642 - 19 Sep 1651         John Greenhalgh (Greenhalge)       (b. 1597 - d. 1651)
1651                       Sir Philip Musgrave                (b. 1607 - d. 1678)
1651 - 1652                Robert Dukinfield (Duckenfield)    (b. 1619 - d. 1689)
1652                       Samuel Smith
1652 - 1653                Philip Eyton (lieutenant governor)
1652 - 1656                Matthew Cadwall
1656 - 1659                William Christian
1659 - 1660                James Chaloner                     (b. 1603 - d. 1660)
1660 - 1664                Roger Nowell
1664 - 1671                Isaac Barrow, Bishop of Man        (b. 1613 - d. 1680)
1671 - 1673                Vacant
1673 - 1677                Henry Nowell
1677 - 1678                Henry Stanley
1678 - 1690                Robert Heywood
1690 - 1693                Roger Kenyon
1693 - 1696                William Sacheverell
1696 - 1701                Nicholas (Sankey) Stanley
1701 - 1702                James Cranstoun
1703 - 1713                Robert Mawdesley
1713 - 1718                Charles Z. Stanley
1718 - 1723                Alexander Horne
1723 - 1725                John Lloyd
1725 - 1735                Thomas Horton                      (d. 1757)
 1 Feb 1736 - 1744         James Murray, Duke of Atholl       (s.a.)
1744 - 1751                Patrick Lindsey
1751 - 1761                Basil Cochrane                     (b. c.1701 - d. 17..)
1761 - 30 Apr 1777         John Wood                          (b. 1722 - d. 1777)
1777                       Richard Dawson
1777 - 1793                Edward Smith                       (b. 17.. - d. 1808)
1793 -  2 Jun 1828         John Murray, Duke of Atholl        (b. 1755 - d. 1830)
Lieutenant governors (acting for the governors to 2 Jun 1828)
1773 - 1775                Henry Hope                         (d. 1789)
1775 - Dec 1790            Richard Dawson
Dec 1790 - 1804            Alexander Shaw
1804 - 1805                Henry Murray, Earl of Murray       (b. 17.. - d. 1805)
1805 - 28 Nov 1832         Cornelius Smelt                    (b. 1748 - d. 1832)
1832 - 1845                John Ready                         (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
1845 - Jul 1860            Charles Hope                       (b. 1808 - d. ....)
1860                       Mark Hildesley Quayle (1st time)   (b. 1804 - d. 1879)
                             (acting)
1860 - 1863                Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant     (b. 1809 - d. 1863)
1863                       Mark Hildesley Quayle (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
1863 - 1882                Henry Brougham Loch                (b. 1827 - d. 1900)
                             (from 18 Sep 1880, Sir Henry Brougham Loch) 
1882                       Sir Spencer Walpole                (b. 1839 - d. 1907)
1883 - 1896                Sir Joseph West Ridgeway           (b. 1844 - d. 1930)
24 Jan 1896 - 27 Jun 1902  John Major Henniker-Major,         (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
                             Baron Henniker 
 3 Jul 1902 - 21 Oct 1902  Sir John James Gell (acting)       (b. 1823 - d. 1905)
21 Oct 1902 -  3 Apr 1919  George Fitzroy Henry, Baron Raglan (b. 1857 - d. 1921)
 3 Apr 1919 - 1925         William Fry                        (b. 1858 - d. 1934)
1925 - 1932                Sir Claude Hill                    (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
1932 - 1937                Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler   (b. 1873 - d. 1952)
1937 -  1 Oct 1945         William Spencer Leveson-Gower,     (b. 1880 - d. 1953)
                             (from 21 Jul 1939) Earl Granville 
1945 - 1952                Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet         (b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Sep 1952 - 1959            Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas     (b. 1899 - d. 1973)
 8 Sep 1959 - Sep 1966     Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey          (b. 1903 - d. 1991)
 7 Sep 1966 - 1974         Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard      (b. 1915 - d. 1995)
1974 - 1980                Sir John Warburton Paul            (b. 1916 - d. 2004)
1980 - 1985                Sir Nigel Cecil                    (b. 1925)
1985 - 1990                Laurence New                       (b. 1932)
1990 - 1995                Sir Laurence Jones                 (b. 1933 - d. 1995)
27 Oct 1995 -  1 Sep 2000  Sir Timothy Daunt                  (b. 1935)
 1 Sep 2000 - 25 Oct 2000  Thomas William Cain (acting)       (b. 1935)
25 Oct 2000 - 27 Sep 2005  Ian David Macfadyen                (b. 1942)
27 Sep 2005 - 17 Oct 2005  Michael Kerruish (acting)
17 Oct 2005 -              Sir Paul Haddacks                  (b. 1946)

Chairmen of the Executive Council 
1961 - Feb 1967            Charles Kerruish                   (b. 1917 - d. 2003)  Non-party
Feb 1967 - Jan 1971        E. Norman Crowe                    (b. 1905 - d. 1992)  Non-party
Jan 1971 - Jan 1977        Percy Radcliffe (1st time)         (b. 1916 - d. 1991)  Non-party
Jan 1977 - 24 Nov 1981     Clifford Irving                    (b. 1914 - d. 2004)  Non-party
24 Nov 1981 - Mar 1985     Percy Radcliffe (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Non-party
Mar 1985 - Dec 1986        Edgar Mann                         (b. 1926)            Non-party
Chief ministers
Dec 1986 -  3 Dec 1996     Miles Walker                       (b. 1940)            Non-party
 3 Dec 1996 -  4 Dec 2001  Donald James Gelling (1st time)    (b. 1938)            Non-party
 4 Dec 2001 - 14 Dec 2004  Richard Corkill                    (b. 1951)            Non-party
14 Dec 2004 - 14 Dec 2006  Donald James Gelling (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Non-party
14 Dec 2006 -              James Anthony "Tony" Brown         (b. 1950)            Non-party

 ¹Full style of the rulers from 16th century: Dominus Manniae ("Lord of Man").

Party abbreviationss: APC = Alliance for Progressive Government; MLP = Manx Labour Party (social-democratic party); MV-MNP = Mec Vannin-Man Nationalist Party (Manx nationalist, independentist)