Deemster previously. The list has been compiled from the "Liber Juramentorum", the "Isle of Man Statutes" with additional names from the archive of David Craine, M.B.E., M.A., C.P. One of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock 1929 drama film ""The Manxman"" is the Deemster, and his holding this position is of central importance to the film's plot. The film is based on the 1894 novel of the same name by the Manx writer Hall Caine, who published another novel with a similar theme with the title "The Deemster" (1887). Deemster A deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man.
History of the British Isles one point. The history of the formation of the United Kingdom is very complex. The British monarch was head of state of all of the countries of the British Isles from the Union of the Crowns in 1603 until the enactment of the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949, although the term "British Isles" was not used in 1603. Additionally, since the independence of most of Ireland, historians of the region often avoid the term "British Isles" due to the complexity of relations between the peoples of the archipelago (see: "Terminology of the British Isles"). The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, also