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Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Speaker of the House of Keys

The Speaker of the House of Keys is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the lower house of the Isle of Man legislature. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the house at its first sitting after an election. He is responsible for controlling the procedure of the House and for authoritative interpretation of its standing orders. He sets the business of the House and authorises the order of business of the House for each sitting.

The Speaker is an impartial member of the House and only votes on motions where the division of votes is exactly half in favour and half against. He then votes in favour of the status quo.

All Speakers from 1750 to 1898 were either members of the Moore or Taubman families or married into them. Until 1866 the Keys was non-elected.

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The Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765

The Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 (c. 26), also known as the Act of Revestment purchased the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lords of Man over the Isle of Man, and revested them into the British Crown.

The Act gave effect to an earlier contract between Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl, and the Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain, represented by HM Treasury, to sell the Atholls' feudal rights over the Island to Great Britain for a sum of £70,000. The authority to conclude a contract for the purchase was given under a Private Act of Parliament in 1726, but as an Act of Parliament of 1609 had conferred the feudal rights over the island upon the Atholls, primary legislation was required to terminate those rights.

The Act came into force upon the granting of Royal Assent on 10 May 1765. The payment to the Duchess of Atholl was to be made no later than 1 June 1765.

The Act did not go as far as had been proposed: for a period there had been plans to merge the Isle of Man into the English county of Cumberland. This had met with fierce resistance from the inhabitants, led by the then Speaker of the House of Keys, Sir George Moore.

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Saturday, 6 February 2010

Ronan Keating Interview May Fair Hotel Penthouse London Excl

Ronan Keating Interview May Fair Hotel Penthouse London

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Business Class Interview Ibiza Penthouse

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Peaches Geldof in the Penthouse

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Boyzone Interview May Fair Hotel Penthouse London Exclusive

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John Terry is sacked as England captain

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Penloyn, Llanrwst

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Monday, 1 February 2010

NYC Manhattan Apartment

Manhattan Apartment

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Sunday, 24 January 2010

Pattaya Penthouse Hotel Room

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Luxury Penthouse, Pattaya - Thailand

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Almeria, Oasis de Playa Serena, Roquetas de Mar, Holiday Rental of Luxury Penthouse Apartment

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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Luxury Real Estate Tour

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Panama City Real Estate Boom or Bust?

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Modern Ocean View Bella Vista Penthouse

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Peel Castle, Peel, Isle of Man

Peel Castle is a castle in Peel, Isle of Man originally constructed by Vikings. The castle stands on St Patrick's Isle which is connected to the town by causeway.

The castle was built in the 11th century by the Vikings, under the rule of King Magnus Barelegs. While there were older stone Celtic monastic buildings on the island, the first Viking fortifications were built of wood. The prominent round tower was originally part of the Celtic monastery, but has had battlements added at a later date. In the early 14 th century, the majority of the walls and towers were built primarily from local red sandstone, which is found abundantly in the area.
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Friday, 15 January 2010

Visions of Varese - The Villa Toeplitz

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Visions of Varese - The Visconti Castle

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Italian Castle

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Wednesday, 13 January 2010

20th-century royal palaces in New Delhi

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Sunday, 10 January 2010

Sheep Rutting South of Llanrwst

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Saturday, 9 January 2010

Calf Sound

Calf Sound (Manx: yn Cheyllys) is a body of water which separates the Calf of Man island from the mainland of the Isle of Man. The sound - technically a strait - is about 700 metres in width, and contains the small islet of Kitterland (home to a large colony of seals, up to 30 can be seen on Kitterland on occasion).

A visitor centre overlooking the Calf Sound holds multimedia exhibits giving information about the wildlife and history of the area.

There is car parking available and an hourly bus service from Port Erin terminates here.

Manx Shearwater

The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx Shearwaters were called Manks Puffins in the 17th Century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English "pophyn") for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic Puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.

The prefix Manx, meaning from the Isle of Man, originated owing to the once large colony of Manx Shearwaters found on the Calf of Man (a small island just south of the Isle of Man). The species had declined there owing to the accidental introduction of rats from a shipwreck in the late eighteenth century; the rats have, however, recently been removed from the Calf of Man allowing Shearwater numbers to increase.

Calf of Man

Calf of Man (Manx: yn Cholloo) is a 250 hectare island [1] (almost 1 square mile), off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. It has two seasonal inhabitants. The word 'calf' derives from the Old Norse word kalfr which means a small island lying near a larger one.