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The 'Lord of Mann' or 'Lord of Man' () is the head of state of the Isle of Man. The current Lord of Mann is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ().
The title is now ''Lord of Mann'' regardless of sex. However, during her reign Queen Victoria was styled as ''Lady of Man''.^[1]
The formal Latin style is ''Dominus Manniae''.
The title is not correctly used on its own. The title of Lord of Mann (and previously, King of Mann) has existed in a position of feudality beneath the Crown of the United Kingdom (before 1801, Great Britain; before 1707, England), and is not fully sovereign except by virtue of personal union with the Crown. For this reason, the form of Loyal Toast used on Man is ''The Queen, Lord of Mann''.

Contents

List of Lords

Previous Lords

Revestment

Present Lord

Heir Apparent

Notes

See also

List of Lords

Previous Lords

Prior to 1504, the ruler of the Isle of Man was the King of Mann.

★ Thomas III Stanley, 1504-1521

★ Edward Stanley, 1521-1572

★ Henry Stanley, 1572-1593

★ Ferdinando Stanley, 1593-1594

★ ''Abeyant to succession dispute'', 1594-1607 ''(control of the Island reverted to the English Crown as the suzerain.)''

★ Henry Howard, 1607-1608

★ Robert Cecil, 1608-1609

★ William I Stanley, 1609-1612 ''(confirmed 1610)''

★ Elizabeth Stanley, 1612-1627

★ James I Stanley, 1627-1651 ''(known as 'the Great Stanley')''

★ Thomas Fairfax 1651-1660 ''(appointed by Oliver Cromwell during the English Interregnum)''

★ Charles Stanley, 1660-1672 ''(restored by Charles II)''

★ William II Stanley, 1672-1702

★ James II Stanley, 1702-1736

★ James II Murray, 1736-1764

★ John III Murray, 1764-1765 ''(held in right of his wife, Charlotte)''

Revestment

In 1765, Charlotte Murray, 8th Baroness Strange sold the suzerainty of the island to the British government for £70,000 and the reigning Monarch of the United Kingdom became the Lord of Mann.

★ George III, 1765-1820 (as Lord of Mann; 1760-1820 as King of Great Britain)

★ George IV, 1820-1830

★ William IV, 1830-1837

★ Victoria, 1837-1901

★ Edward VII, 1901-1910

★ George V, 1910-1936

★ Edward VIII, 1936

★ George VI, 1936-1952

Present Lord

★ Elizabeth II, 1952-present

Heir Apparent

★ Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales

Notes

While unbroken succession in the male line of the Stanleys was terminated with Ferdinand; William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby reclaimed the Isle of Man by 1609. There is a claimant, David Howe-Stanley, to the rights as the de jure titular King of the Isle of Man and the Stanley royal crown based on at least two issues. One being that the title of King was forfeited by Thomas III without basis and never sold to Great Britain and two, claiming the revestment was settled under duress by the Stanley heirs. This Act gave control of the Island back to Sovereign of Great Britain where it rests to date with the Queen.
1. ''Writings of Edward Callow in 1899''

See also

★ Governors

★ Lieutenant Governors

★ History of the Isle of Man