The chief justice of Bermuda is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.
Chief justices
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "Hargun appointed as Chief Justice". Bermuda: The Royal Gazette. 17 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "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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