List of rulers of the Isle of Man

This is a list of the rulers and regents of the Isle of Man .

Kingdom of Man and the Isles - Outer Hebrides

Scandinavian kingdoms on the outer British Isles around 1200

• Godfred I. mac Fergus , Lord of the Hebrides (836–853)

Viking sub-kings of Dublin :

• Caitill Find
• Tryggvi (870-880)
• Asbjorn Skerjablesi (880-899)
• Gibhleachan (921-937)
• Mac Ragnall (937-942)
• Magnus I (972-978)
• Gottfried II. (978-989)

Orkney sub-kings of the Vikings :

• Harald I. (989-999)
• Gottfried III. (999–1000)
• Ragnald I. (1000-1005)
• Kenneth Godfredson (1005-1014)

Viking sub-kings of Dublin:

• Sven Kennethson (1014-1034)
• Harald II the Black (1034-1052)
• Margad Ragnaldson (1052-1061)
• Murchaid mac Diarmait (1061-1070)
• Fingal Godfredson (1070-1079)

Kings of the Isle of Man and the Outer Hebrides:

• Gottfried IV. (1079-1095)
• Magnus II (1095-1102)
• Lagman (1102-1104)
• Sigurd (1104-1130)
• Domnall Mc Teige (1114–1115)
• Murchadh O'Brian (1115–1137)
• Olaf I. (1137-1153)
• Gottfried V. (1153-1158)
• Somerled (1158–1164)

The Outer Hebrides break away from the Isle of Man and become an independent principality.

Kings of the Isle of Man

Scandinavian rulers

• Gottfried V (1164)
• Ragnald (1164)
• Gottfried V (1164–1187)
• Ragnvald I (1187-1229)
• Olaf II. (1229-1237)
• Harald (1237-1248)
• Ragnvald II (1248-1250)
• Ivarr (1250-1252)
• Magnus III. (1252-1265)

Scottish rulers (1265-1275)

Scandinavian rulers

• Gottfried Magnuson (1275)

Scottish rulers (1275-1290)

English rulers (1290-1293)

Scottish rulers (1293-1296)

English rulers (1296-1313)

Scottish rulers (1313)

Unknown rulers (1313-1333)

English rulers (1333–1504)

• William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1333-1344)
• William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1344-1392)
• William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1392-1399)
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1399-1405)
• John I. Stanley (1405-1414)
• John II Stanley (1414-1437)
• Thomas I. Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (1437-1459)
• Thomas II Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1459-1504)

Lords of the Isle of Man

• Thomas III Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1504-1521)
• Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1521–1572)
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1572–1593)
• Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1593–1594)

Under direct English rule (1594-1610)

• Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1607-1608)
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1608-1609)
• William I. Stanley (1610-1612)
• Elizabeth Stanley (1612-1627)
• James I. Stanley (1627-1651)

Under direct English rule (1651-1660)

• Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (1660–1672)
• William II. Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (1672–1702)
• James II. Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1702–1736)
• James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1736–1764)
• John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (1764–1765)

After 1765 the monarchs of the United Kingdom carried the title " Lord of Mann ". See list of British monarchs .

Isle of Man governors

• Thomas Gerrard (1595–1596)
• Peter Legh (1596–?)
• John Ireland
• John Greenhalgh (1640-1651)
• William Christian (1656–?)
• Isaac Barrow (1664–?)
• Nicholas Stanley (1696-1701)
• Charles Stanley (1702-1703)
• Robert Mawdesley (1703-1713)
• Charles Stanley (1713)
• Alexander Horne (1713-1723)
• John Lloyd (1723-1725)
• Thomas Horton (1725-1736)
• James Murray (1736–1744)
• Patrick Lindsey (1744–1751)
• Basil Cochrane (1751–1761)
• John Wood (1761–1777)
• Edward Smith (1777-1793)
• James Murray (1793-1828)

Lieutenant Governors of the Isle of Man

see also: Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man

• Henry Hope (1773-1775)
• Richard Dawson (1775-1790)
• Alexander Shaw (1790-1804)
• Henry Murray (1804-1805)
• Cornelius Smelt (1805-1832)
• John Ready (1832-1845)
• Charles Hope (1845-1860)
• Mark Hildesley Quayle (1860)
• Francis Stanisby Connat-Pigott (1860–1863)
• Mark Hildesley Quayle (1863)
• Henry Brougham Loch (1863-1882)
• Spencer Walpole (1882-1883)
• Joseph West Ridgeway (1893–1895)
• John Major Henniker-Major (1895-1902)
• George Fitzroy Henry Somerset (1902-1918)
• William F. Fry (1918-1925)
• Claude Hill (1925-1932)
• Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (1932-1937)
• William Spencer Leveson-Gower (1937-1945)
• Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (1945–1952)
• Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (1952-1959)
• Ronald Herbert Garvey (1959–1966)
• Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard (1966–1974)
• John Warburton Paul (1974-1980)
• Oswald Nigel Cecil (1980–1985)
• Laurence New (1985-1990)
• Laurence Jones (1990-1995)
• Timothy Daunt (1995-2000)
• Ian David Macfadyen (2000-2005)
• Paul Kenneth Haddacks (2005-2011)
• Adam Wood (2011-2016)
• Richard Gozney (since May 27, 2016)