Alured Dumbell
Sir Alured Dumbell MLC was a senior Manx judge who Clerk of the Rolls of the Isle of Man.
Dumbell was born in Douglas, the son of the well known banker, lawyer and politician George Dumbell MHK and Mary Gibson, and was educated at a private school in Douglas. He then entered the firm of Harris and Adams as a law student. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and soon acquired a large practice in the north of the island. He became High Bailiff of Ramsey in 1873 then Second Deemster in 1880, and finally Clerk of the Rolls in 1883. He was knighted in the 1899 Birthday Honours list, and later the same year acted as Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man during the prolonged absence through illness of the Lieutenant-Governor Lord Henniker.
Dumbell died of paralysis in the brain on 12 March 1900.Family
Dumbell married in 1875 Mary Rolston, daughter of Major Rolston, of the Indian Army.Offices of State
- High Bailiff of Ramsey, 1873–1880
- Second Deemster, 1880–1883
- Clerk of the Rolls, 1883–1900
