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Chairmen and Speakers of the House of Keys

There have been twenty-six Chairmen and Speakers listed below

Sir George Moore - Speaker 1758-1780. Photo: copyright Manx National Heritage Sir Charles Kerruish - Speaker from 1962-1990. Photo: copyright Manx National Heritage Left is Sir George Moore (Speaker 1758-1780) - the first Member of the House of Keys to insist on the title "Speaker."

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)

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

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