Chief Justice of Bermuda

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The chief justice of Bermuda is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

Chief justices

Larry Mussenden
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

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References

↑ "Hargun appointed as Chief Justice". Bermuda: The Royal Gazette. 17 July 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Presidents of the Legislative Council". Bermuda Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. p. 563.
↑ "Page:Men-at-the-Bar.djvu/151 - Wikisource, the free online library".
↑ The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History ..., Volume 7; Volume 76
↑ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
↑ Currey, Charles Herbert (1968). Sir Francis Forbes: The First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ISBN 9780207950551.
↑ A Genealogical Record of Thomas Bascom, and His Descendants. p. introduction.
↑ "Call to the Bar continues family legacy". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

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[1] "Hargun appointed as Chief Justice". Bermuda: The Royal Gazette. 17 July 2018.

[BP-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "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.

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