Previous to the sixth century the history of the Isle of Man is involved in obscurity; from that period it was ruled by a line of Welsh kings, until near the end of the ninth century, when the Norwegian Harald Ilaarfagr invaded and took possession of the island. In the beginning of the tenth century Orry, a Dane, effected a landing, and was favorably received by the in habitants, who adopted him as their king; lie is said to have been the founder of the present Manx Constitution. A line of Scandinavian kings succeeded until Magnus. King of Norway. ceded his right in the island and the Hebrides to Alexander Ill. of Scotland, 1266. On the death of Alexander, the Manx placed themselves under the protection of Edward I. of England by a formal instrument dated 1290; on the strength of this document. the King of England granted the island to various royal favorites from time to time. until the year 1406, when it was granted to Sir John Stanley in perpetuity, to he held for the Crown of England, by rendering to the King. his heirs and suecessors, a east of falcons at their coronation. With the exception of a short period during the Civil War, when the island was surrendered to a Parliamentary force by Receiver-General Christian. and was granted to Thomas Lord Fairfax, it remained in the possession of the Stanley family and their de.
seendants until, having been for a long period the seat of an extensive smuggling trade, to the detriment of the Imperial revenue, the sovereign ty of it was purchased by the British Government, the amount paid aggregating £493,000, and the negotiation extending from 1765 to 1829. Pop ulation. in 1891, 55,608; in 1901, 54,758. Con sult:' Cumming. 7'!ie Isle of Man: Its History (London, 1848) ; Train, Historical a•nd Statistical Account of the Isle of Mon (Douglas, 1845) ; the works published by the Manx Society (19 vols., Douglas. 185S-68) ; Caine, 7'he Little Mani Nation ( London, 1891) ; and Walpole, The Land of Home Rule (London. 1893).
MAN, HENRY (1747-9w). A friend of Charles Lamb. He was born in London and educated at the Croydon Grammar School, then under Rev. .1ohn Lamb. At the age of fifteen lie became clerk in a London mercantile house. In 1776 he was appointed deputy in the South Sea House, he formed a friendship with Lamb.
is 'the wit, the polished man of letters.' sketched by ilia. Alan's publications comprise mainly the Trifler, essays (1770) ; letters on education contributed to the Morning Chrmliele (1774); and rbiacine, a dramatic satire (1775). Consult Collected Works, with memoir (London, 1802).