Stewart Stevenson Moore

Stewart Stevenson Moore QC (1 January 1860 – 28 March 1951) was a Manx lawyer, who was the First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls on the Isle of Man. He hailed from an old and established Manx family, of Lhergydhoo in the Parish of German. As a consequence of his father's vocation, Stevenson Moore was brought up in England; however the family maintained a strong connection with the Isle of Man.

Stevenson Moore went up to Keble College, Oxford, where he took his BA and MA This was the first time a Deemster had emerged from retirement to hear a lawsuit in the island's High Court. His return was due to an invitation from the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, Sir Claude Hill who was asked to appoint a special judge for the retrial of a protracted lawsuit.

Before the court assembled on Friday 17 July 1931, Stevenson Moore was sworn in by the then Clerk of the Rolls, Deemster Frederick LaMothe. This was the second time in his career that Stevenson Moore had taken the ancient "herring bone oath" to deal justly and indifferently between party and party "as the herring backbone doth lie in the midst of the fish".

Death Stevenson Moore died at his home at 32 Hans Place, Chelsea on 28 March 1951. Following his funeral his body was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.

Offices of State Second Deemster, 1900–1905 First Deemster, 1905–1916 First Deemsters and Clerk of the Rolls, 1916–1921