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The '''High Bailiff''' ({{langx|gv|Ard-Vaylee}}) is a legal position held within the Isle of Man. The High Bailiff is the head stipendiary magistrate.
The current High Bailiff is Her Worship Jayne Hughes, who took office on 11 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courts.im/news/2019/mar/jayne-hughes-speech-at-her-swearing-in-as-high-bailiff-of-the-isle-of-man/|title=Jayne Hughes' speech at her swearing-in as High Bailiff of the Isle of Man}}</ref>
The High Bailiff and their deputy are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The High Bailiff and Deputy High Bailiff are ''ex officio'' judicial officers of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man<ref>High Court Act 1991 s.3C</ref> and coroners of inquests.<ref>Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 s.1</ref>
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. {|class="wikitable" |+Lists of High Bailiffs !Castletown!!Douglas!!Peel!!Ramsey |- |valign="top"| *William Callow, 1777-? *Robert Kelly, 1811–? *John Kelly, 1832–1854 *James Gell, 1854–1865 *John Moore Jeffcott, 1865–1892 *James Stowell Gell, 1892–1911
|valign="top"| *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 *James Stowell Gell, 1905–1911
|valign="top"| *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
|valign="top"| *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 |- !colspan=2|Douglas and Castletown !colspan=2|Ramsey and Peel |- |valign="top" colspan=2| *James Stowell Gell, 1911–1918 *Reginald Douglas Farrant, 1919–1925 *William Lay, 1925–1933 |valign="top" colspan=2| *James Murray Cruikshank, 1911–1916 *F. M. LaMothe, 1916–1921 *William Lay, 1921–1925 *William Percy Cowley, 1925–1933 |- !colspan=4|Isle of Man |- |align="center" colspan=4| *William Lay, 1933–1937 *Henry Percy Kelly, 1937–1938<ref>MLR 1921–51</ref> *Ramsey Gelling Johnson, 1938–1947<ref>MLR 1921–51</ref> *Howard Deighton Lay, 1947–1961 *Robert Kinley Eason, 1961–1969 *Henry Callow, 1969–1988 *Weldon Williams, 1988–1995 *Andrew Williamson, 1995–2002 *Michael Moyle, 2002–2010 *John Needham, 2010 *Jayne Hughes, 2019 |}
==Deputy High Bailiffs== *''Unknown'', 1933–1977 *Weldon Williams, 1977–1988 *Andrew Williamson, 1988–1995 *Michael Moyle, 1995–2002 *Alastair Montgomerie, 2002–2011 *Jayne Hughes, 2011 *Christopher Arrowsmith, 2019 *James Brooks, 2021
==See also== *Bailiff *Bailiff (Channel Islands) *Manx Judiciary
==References== <References/>
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