Chief Justice of Bermuda explained

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
• 1961–1968 Sir Myles John Abbott
• 1960–1961 Sir Allen C. Smith (acting)
• 1958–1960 Sir Newnham Arthur Worley
• 1952–1958 Joseph Trounsell Gilbert
• 1941–1952 Sir Cyril Gerard Brooke Francis
• 1939–1941 R. C. Hollis Hallett (acting)
• 1927–1939 Sydney Orme Rowan-Hamilton
• 1924–1927 Sir Kenneth James Beatty
• 1917–1923 Sir Colin Rees-Davies
• 1912–1917 Percy Musgrave Cresswell Sheriff
• 1904–1911 Sir Henry Cowper Gollan (afterwards Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, 1911)
• 1900–1904 Sir Samuel Brownlow Gray
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hargun appointed as Chief Justice . The Royal Gazette . Bermuda . July 17, 2018.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Legislative Council. Bermuda Parliament. 14 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140412122747/http://www.parliament.bm/Presidents_of_the_Legislative_Councel_and_Senate.aspx. 12 April 2014. dead.
3. Book: Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. 563.
4. Web site: 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. Book: Sir Francis Forbes: The First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. 9780207950551. Currey. Charles Herbert. 1968.
8. Book: A Genealogical Record of Thomas Bascom, and His Descendants. introduction.
9. Web site: Call to the Bar continues family legacy. The Royal Gazette. 24 March 2019.