The current High Bailiff is His Worship John Needham, 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 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 and Coroners of Inquests.
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.
William Callow, 1777-?Robert Kelly, 1811-?John Kelly, 1832–1854James Gell, 1854–1866John Moore Jeffcott, 1866–1892James Stowell Gell, 1892–1911John Cosnahan, 1777–1808Norris Moore, 1808–1816John McHutchin, 1816–1819James Quirk, 1820–1841John Courtney Bluett, ?-1855Senhouse Wilson, 1855–1864Samuel Harris, 1864–1905James Stowell Gell, 1905–1911Robert Farrant, 1777–1794Captain George Savage, 1794–1802Thomas Clark, 1802–1807Hugh Clucas, 1808–1817James Quirk, 1817–1820John Llewellyn, 1820–1840Richard Harrison, 1840–1853Robert John Moore, 1853–1884A.N. Laughton, 1884–1911John Frissell Crellin, 1777–1794James Wilks, 1794–1805Thomas Gawne, 1805–1812Ewan Gill, 1812–1821Thomas Arthur Corlett, 1821–1828John Caesar Gelling, 1828–1832Frederick Tellett, 1832–1873Sir Alured Dumbell, 1873–1880John Corlet LaMothe, 1880–1898James Murray Cruikshank, 1898–1911High Bailiffs of Douglas and Castletown
James Stowell Gell, 1911–1918Reginald Douglas Farrant, 1919–1925William Lay, 1925–1933High Bailiffs of Ramsey and Peel
James Murray Cruikshank, 1911–1916F. M. LaMothe, 1916–1921William Lay, 1921–1925William Percy Cowley, 1925–1933William Lay, 1933-1937Henry Percy Kelly, 1937-1938Ramsey Gelling Johnson, 1938-1947Howard Deighton Lay, 1947-1961Robert Kinley Eason, 1961-1969Henry Callow, 1969–1988Weldon Williams, 1988–1995Andrew Williamson, 1995–2002 Michael Moyle, 2002–2010John Needham, 2010–Presentunknown, 1933–1977Weldon Williams, 1977–1988Andrew Williamson, 1988–1995Michael Moyle, 1995–2002Alastair Montgomerie, 2002-2011Jayne Hughes, 2011–Present
