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John Stevenson

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John Stevenson of Balladoole (c. 1655-1737) was a Manx politician who served as Speaker of the House of Keys and was one of the commissioners who negotiated the Act of Settlement of 1704 with the Earl of Derby. This Act secured the land tenure rights of the Manx people and is sometimes called the Manx Magna Carta. Bishop Wilson styled him "The Father of his Country."

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