Arthur Bluck Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Term Start4:1932
Term End4:1932
Birth Name:Arthur William Bluck
Birth Date:6 March 1864
Birth Place:Hamilton, Bermuda
Death Place:Hamilton, Bermuda
Spouse:Mary Outerbridge
Relations:Henry Hamilton Kitchener (son-in-law)
Children:4
Occupation:Politician
Order4:Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda
Arthur Bluck
Successor:Sir J. Reginald Conyers
Order:46th Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda
Term Start:1929
Term End:1933
Governor:Sir Louis Jean Bols
Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt
Predecessor:Sir Reginald Gray
Order2:Member of the Colonial Parliament of Bermuda (House of Assembly)
Parliament:Bermuda
Order3:Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda

Arthur William Bluck OBE (6 March 1864 – June 1944) was a Bermudan judge and politician who served as a member of the House of Assembly and an Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.[1] He was Speaker of the Colonial Parliament of Bermuda between 1929 and 1933.

Bluck was Mayor of Hamilton since 1913 and involved with the Trade Development Board (TDB).[2] He was president of the Bank of Bermuda. He was also president of the Bermuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 June 1927 . CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD . 2024-11-19 . Supplement to the London Gazette . 3617.
  2. Swan . Quito J. . May 2010 . Bermuda Looks to the East: Marcus Garvey, the UNIA, and Bermuda, 1920–1931 . Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean & Its Diasporas . 13 . 1 . 29–61 . EBSCOhost.