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Chairmen & Speakers of The House of Keys

There have been twenty-six Chairmen and Speakers listed below

Sir George Moore speaker of the House of Keys
Sir George Moore - Speaker 1758-1780. Photo: copyright Manx National Heritage

Left: Sir George Moore (Speaker 1758-1780) - the first Member of the House of Keys to insist on the title "Speaker."

Sir Charles Kerruish - Speaker from 1962-1990

Right: Sir Charles Kerruish (Speaker 1962-1990) - the longest serving Speaker in any Parliament in the Commonwealth and first President of Tynwald. (Photo reproduced by kind permission of Morrison Photos)

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Chairmen & Speakers of The House of Keys

c.1649Major Richard Stevenson
c.1660-63Edward Christian
1673Charles Christian
1697Captain Thomas Stevenson
1704Captain John Stevenson
1738Captain Thomas Heywood
1758Sir George Moore
1780John Taubman
1799Major John Taubman
1823Colonel Mark Wilkes FRS
1831General Alexander John Goldie
1844Colonel John Taubman Goldie-Taubman
1847John Moore
1854Edward Moore Gawne
1867Sir John Senhouse Goldie-Taubman JP
1898Arthur William Moore CVO MA JP
1909Dalrymple Maitland
1919John Robert Kerruish
1919Sir George Frederick Clucas CBE JP
1937Sir Joseph Davidson Qualtrough CBE
1960Henry Knowles Corlett OBE CP
1962Sir Henry Charles Kerruish OBE CP
1990George Victor Harris Kneale CBE MA(hc)
1991James Crookall Cain FCA
1996Noel Quayle Cringle
2000John David Qualtrough Cannan
2001James Anthony Brown
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