Chief Justice of Bermuda

The Chief Justice of Bermuda is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

Chief Justices
  • 2018–present Narinder Hargun[1]
  • 2012–2018 Ian Kawaley
  • 2004–2012 Richard Ground
  • 1993-2004 Sir Austin Ward
  • 1977-1993 Sir James Rufus Astwood
  • 1973–1977 Sir John Crampton Summerfield (later Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, 1978)
  • 1968–1973 Sir George Oswald Ratteray[2]
  • 1961–1968 Sir Myles John Abbott[2]
  • 1960–1961 Sir Allen C. Smith (acting)[2]
  • 1958–1960 Sir Newnham Arthur Worley[2]
  • 1952–1958 Joseph Trounsell Gilbert[2]
  • 1941–1952 Sir Cyril Gerard Brooke Francis [2]
  • 1939–1941 R. C. Hollis Hallett (acting)[2]
  • 1927–1939 Sydney Orme Rowan-Hamilton[2]
  • 1924–1927 Sir Kenneth James Beatty[2]
  • 1917–1923 Sir Colin Rees-Davies[2]
  • 1912–1917 Percy Musgrave Cresswell Sheriff[2]
  • 1904–1911 Sir Henry Cowper Gollan[2] (afterwards Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, 1911)
  • 1900–1904 Sir Samuel Brownlow Gray[2]
  • 1878–1899 Sir Josiah Rees [2]
  • 1872–1877 Thomas Lett Wood [3]
  • 1856–1871 John Harvey Darrell [4]
  • 1834–1856 Thomas Butterfield [5]
  • 1810–1834 James Christie Esten [6]
  • 1785–1809 Daniel Leonard
  • 1783–1785 John Harvey
  • 1781–1782 William Brimage
  • 1766–1781 Jonathan Burch [7]
  • 1755–1765 Nathaniel Butterfield
  • 1750–1755 George Forbes
  • 1748–1749 John Tucker
  • 1744–1748 Nathaniel Bascombe [8]
  • 1735–1743 John Darrell
  • 1727–1735 William Outerbridge
  • 1709–1727 Samuel Sherlock
  • 1706–1708 Anthony White [9]
  •  ?–1706 Richard Stafford
  • c.1705 Samuel Spofforth
  • c.1695 Gilbert Nelson
  • 1687–? Thomas Richardson
  • William Penistone
  • Leonard White

References
  1. "Hargun appointed as Chief Justice". Bermuda: The Royal Gazette. 17 July 2018.
  2. "Presidents of the Legislative Council". Bermuda Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. p. 563.
  4. "Page:Men-at-the-Bar.djvu/151 - Wikisource, the free online library".
  5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History ..., Volume 7; Volume 76
  6. Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
  7. Currey, Charles Herbert (1968). Sir Francis Forbes: The First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ISBN 9780207950551.
  8. A Genealogical Record of Thomas Bascom, and His Descendants. p. introduction.
  9. "Call to the Bar continues family legacy". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 March 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.