Bermuda
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- 1875 - 4 Oct 1910
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- 4 Oct 1910 - 8 Jun
1968
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- 8 Jun 1968 - 25
Jan 1999
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- Adopted 25 Jan
1999
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Map
of Bermuda
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Hear
National Anthem
"God Save the King"
("God Save the Queen"
1837-1901, 1952-2022)
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Hear
Local Anthem
"Hail to Bermuda"
(unofficial)
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Constitution
Order
(8 Jun 1968)
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Capital:
Hamilton
(St. George's 1612-23
Jan 1815)
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Currency:
Bermudian Dollar
(BMD) (Hogge Money
1615-1624)
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National
Holiday:
24 May (1819)
Bermuda Day
(note: formerly known as
Victoria Day, Empire Day,
and Commonwealth Day)
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Population:
71,176 (2018)
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GDP: $4.72
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$142 million (2017)
Imports: $1.79
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
African descent 53.8%, white 31%, mixed 7.5%, other 7.1%,
unspecified 0.6% (2010)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 469 (2012)
Defense is the
Responsibility of the U.K.
Merchant marine:
160 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Protestant 46.1% (Anglican 15.8%,
African Methodist Episcopal 8.6%,
Seventh Day Adventist 6.7, Pentecostal
3.5%, Methodist 2.7%, Presbyterian 2.0
%, Church of God 1.6%, Baptist 1.2%,
Salvation Army 1.1%, Bretheren 1.0%,
other Protestant 2.0%), Roman Catholic
14.5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other
Christian 9.1%, Muslim 1%, other 3.9%,
none 17.8%, unspecified 6.2% (2010)
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International
Organizations/Treaties:
Caricom (associate), IMSO, Interpol
(subbureau), ICC, IOC, ITUC, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP,
UPU, WCO, WMO
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Bermuda
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Chronology
c.1505/15
Discovered by Spanish Capt. Juan de
Bermúdez (d.
1570), it is later named La
Bermuda after him
(sometimes written Barmuda).
Jun 1527
King
Charles V of Spain authorized the
colonization
of
Bermuda (without effect).
1556
French privateer
Capt. Mesmin leaves the crew of a
Spanish prize ship wrecked on the
Bermuda reefs.
c.1560
French Capt. Roussel (Russel) is
wrecked on the
Bermuda reefs.
11 Jan
1584
Spanish ship Santa Lucia under
Capt. Juan López is
wrecked off Bermuda.
17 Dec 1593 - 11 May 1594 French
Capt. La Barbotière is wrecked on
Bermuda,
Henry May becomes the first Englishman
to land.
Dec 1603
Spanish Capt. Diego Ramírez and crew
spend 3 weeks
on Bermuda.
30 Jul 1609 - 11 May 1610
Virginia Company ship Sea Venture,
under Sir George
Somers, is wrecked on the
Bermuda reefs. They
depart on 11 May 1610 only leaving 3
behind.
30 Jul 1609 - 23
Nov 1614 Under Virginia
Company rule (formally from 12 Mar
1612).
11 Jul
1612
First planned group of English
settlers arrive.
11 Jul 1612
English colony (Somers
Island)(subordinated to
Virginia
colony to 23 Nov 1614; island
also
called Virgineola during this era).
29 Jun 1615 - 27 Nov
1684 Under the Somers Isles
Company (fully, the Company
of
the City of London for the Plantation
of The
Somers Isles; plainly called 'Bermuda
Company')
administration (as a Virginia Company
subsidiary
25
Nov 1612 - 23 Nov 1614).
25 Sep 1649 - 1658
Loyal to Royalist
forces of King Charles II
during the English Civil War
(supporters of the
Parliamentarians are forced into
Eleuthera,
Bahamas exile by the company
administration).
27 Nov 1684
Bermuda a crown colony.
5 Sep 1741
Spanish privateer
Francisco López lands a raiding
party at Boat Bay in Southampton
parish.
8 Jun
1968
Autonomy, self-government.
15 Aug
1995
Referendum rejects independence 74% to
26%.
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Governors
28 Jul 1609 - 9 Nov 1610 Sir George
Somers
(b. 1554 - d. 1610)
9 Nov 1610 - 11 Jul 1612 Vacant
11 Jul 1612 - 29 Jun 1615 Richard Moore
(deputy governor) (b. 1583 - d. 1618)
29 Jun 1615 - 15 May 1616 Administrators
- Charles Caldicot
- John Mansfield
- Miles Kendall
- Christopher Carter
- Thomas Knight
- Edward Waters
(b. c.1584 - d. 1630)
(acting)
15 May 1616 - 1619
Daniel Tucker
(b. c.1575 - d. 1635)
1619 - 20 Oct
1619
Miles Kendall (acting)
20 Oct 1619 - 25 Oct 1622 Nathaniel
Butler
(b. c.1577 - d. 1650)
25 Oct 1622 - Nov 1622
John Harrison (1st time)(acting)
Nov 1622 - Jan
1623 John
Bernard
(d. 1623)
Jan 1623 - Dec
1623 John
Harrison (2nd time)(acting)
Dec 1623 - 14 Feb 1627 Henry
Woodhouse
(b. 1573 - d. 1637)
14 Feb 1627 - 4 Dec 1629 Philip
Bell
(b. 1590 -
d. 1678)
29 Dec 1629 - Jul 1637 Roger
Wood
(d. 1654)
Jul 1637 - 1641
Thomas Chaddock
(Chaddocke) (b. 1592 - d.
1643)
15 Sep 1641 - Mar 1642
William Sayle (1st
time)
(b. c.1590 - d. 1671)
Mar 1642 - Jul
1643 Josias
Forster (1st
time)
(d. 1681)
Jul 1643 - 1644
William Sayle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1644 -
1645
Triumvirate
- William Sayle (1st time)
(s.a.)
- Stephen Paynter (1st time)
(b. 1585 - d. 1660)
- William Wilkinson
(b. 1608 - d. 1692)
Feb 1645 - 1645
Josias Forster (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1645 - Apr 1646
Triumvirate
- Josias Forster (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
- William Sayle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
- Stephen Paynter (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Apr 1646 - 25 Sep
1649 Thomas Turner
(b. c.1619 - d. c.1679)
25 Sep 1649 -
1650
John Trimingham
(b. 1590? - d. 1655)
(elected by the people)
1650 - Nov 1650
James Jennings
Nov 1650 - 3 Feb 1658 Josiah
Forster (3rd time)
(s.a.)
3 Feb 1658 - 13 Jan 1663 William
Sayle (3rd time)
(s.a.)
13 Jan 1663 - 15 May 1668 Florentius
Seymour (1st time) (b. c.1605 -
d. 1682)
15 May 1668 - 15 May 1669 Samuel Whalley
(b. 1627 - d. 1675)
16 May 1669 - Aug 1681 Sir John
Haydon (Heydon)
Aug 1681 - 3 Nov 1682
Florentius Seymour (2nd time)
(s.a.)
9 Nov 1682 - 29 Jan 1683 Henry
Durham
(acting)
(b. 1634 - d. c.1690)
29 Jan 1683 - 12 Apr 1687 Richard Coney (Cony)
12 Apr 1687 - 11 Jan 1691
Sir Robert Robinson
(b. c.1624 - d. 1705)
11 Jan 1691 - 10 Aug 1693 Isaac Richier
(acting)
10 Aug 1693 - 30 Oct 1698 John Goddard
30 Oct 1698 - 2 May 1701 Samuel Day
(acting)
2 May 1701 - 14 Nov 1713 Benjamin
Bennett (1st time)
14 Nov 1713 - 20 Apr 1715 Henry Pulleine
(acting) (d.
1715)
27 Sep 1715 - 23 Feb 1722 Benjamin
Bennett (2nd time)
23 Feb 1722 - Dec 1727
John Bruce Hope
(b. c.1684 - d. 1766)
Dec 1727 - 2 Sep
1728 John Trimingham II (acting)
(b. bf.1673 - d. 1735)
3 Sep 1728 - 1 Nov 1737 John
Pitt
(b. c.1698 - d. 1754)
1 Nov 1737 - 10 Jul 1738 Andrew
Auchinleck (acting) (d.
1744)
10 Jul 1738 - 9 Nov 1744 Alured
Popple
(b. 1698 - d. 1744)
10 Nov 1744 - 1 Jul 1747 Francis
Jones (1st time)(acting) (b. 1698 - d. 1776)
1 Jul 1747 - Nov 1751
William Popple (1st
time)
(b. c.1701 - d. 1764)
Nov 1751 - 21 Nov 1755
Francis Jones (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
21 Nov 1755 - 1 Dec 1763 William
Popple (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
2 Dec 1763 - 9 Aug 1764
Francis Jones (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
9 Aug 1764 - 10 Sep 1780 George
James Bruere
(b. 1720/21 - d. 1780)
10 Sep 1780 - 16 Dec 1781 George Bruere
(acting)
(b. 1744 - d. 1786)
16 Dec 1781 - 11 Jan 1790 William
Browne
(b. 1737 - d. 1802)
28 Oct 1788 - 30 Oct 1794 Henry
Hamilton
(b. 1734 - d. 1796)
(acting for absent Browne to 11 Jan 1790)
(lieutenant governor)
6 Nov 1794 - 27 Oct 1796 James
Crawford
(b. c.1744 - d. 1811)
27 Oct 1796 - 22 Nov 1796 Henry Tucker
(1st time)(acting) (b. 1742 - d. 1800)
23 Nov 1796 - 2 Dec 1796 William
Campbell
(b. 1750 - d. 1796)
2 Dec 1796 - 24 Mar 1798 Henry
Tucker (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
25 Mar 1798 - 24 Mar 1803 George
Beckwith
(b. 1753 - d. 1823)
25 Mar 1803 - 24 Mar 1805 Henry Tucker
(3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
25 Mar 1805 - 24 Mar 1806 Francis Gore
(lieutenant governor) (b. 1769 - d. 1852)
25 Mar 1806 - 24 Sep 1806 Henry Tucker
(4th time)(acting) (s.a.)
25 Sep 1806 - 16 Jun 1810 John Hodgson
(b. 1757 - d. 1846)
16 Jun 1810 - 31 Aug 1811 Samuel Trott
(acting)
(b. 1748 - d. 1812)
31 Aug 1811 - 4 Jul 1812 Sir James
Cockburn (1st time) (b. 1771 - d.
1852)
5 Jul 1812 - 14 Sep 1812 William
Smith (1st time)(acting)
14 Sep 1812 - 8 Jul 1816 George
Horsford
(acting)
(b. 1767 - d. 1840)
(lieutenant governor)
8 Jul 1816 - 11 Nov 1817 William
Smith (2nd time)(acting)
11 Nov 1817 - 15 Apr 1819 Sir James
Cockburn (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Apr 1819 - 25 Nov 1819 William Smith
(3rd time)(acting)
26 Nov 1819 - 23 May 1822 William Lumley
(1st
time)
(b. 1769 - d. 1850)
23 May 1822 - 16 Oct 1823 William Smith
(4th time)(acting)
16 Oct 1823 - 6 Jun 1825 William
Lumley (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
6 Jun 1825 - 14 Feb 1826 William
Smith (5th time)(acting)
14 Feb 1826 - 7 Jul 1829 Sir
Hilgrove Turner (1st time) (b.
1764 - d. 1843)
7 Jul 1829 - 2 Nov 1829
Robert Kennedy (1st time)(acting)
2 Nov 1829 - 30 Jul 1830 Sir
Hilgrove Turner (2nd time)
(s.a.)
30 Jul 1830 - 1 Nov 1830 Robert Kennedy (2nd
time)(acting)
1 Nov 1830 - 10 Jan 1832 Sir Hilgrove Turner
(3rd time) (s.a.)
10 Jan 1832 - 23 Apr 1835 Sir Stephen
Remnant
Chapman (b.
1776 - d. 1851)
(1st
time)
23 Apr 1835 - 17 Sep 1835 Henry G. Hunt (acting)
17 Sep 1835 - 22 Jan 1836 Robert Kennedy (3rd
time)(acting)
22 Jan 1836 - 12 Apr 1839 Sir Stephen
Remnant
Chapman
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
12 Apr 1839 - 30 Nov 1846 William
Reid
(b. 1791 - d. 1858)
30 Nov 1846 - 25 Dec 1846 William Nelson
Hutchinson (acting) (b. 1803 - d. 1895)
25 Dec 1846 - 26 Aug 1852 Sir Charles
Elliott (1st time) (b. 1801 - d.
1875)
26 Aug 1852 - 12 May 1853 William Hassell
Eden (acting) (b. 1800 - d.
1882)
12 May 1853 - 18 Sep 1853 George
Philpotts (acting) (b.
1794 - d. 1853)
18 Sep 1853 - 24 Sep 1853 Thomas Congreve
Robe (acting) (b. 1799 -
d. 1853)
24 Sep 1853 - 11 Oct 1853 Soulden Oakeley
(1st time)(acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1856)
11 Oct 1853 - 12 Nov 1853 Arthur William
Byles (acting)
12 Nov 1853 - 20 Nov 1853
Soulden Oakeley (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
20 Nov 1853 - 13 Feb 1854 Sir Charles Elliott
(2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Feb 1854 - 3 Oct 1854 Montgomery
Williams (acting) (d. 1872)
3 Oct 1854 - 18 Jun 1859 Freeman
Murray (1st
time)
(b. 1805 - d. 1885)
18 Jun 1859 - 5 Oct 1859 Andrew
Thomas Hemphill (acting)
5 Oct 1859 - 16 Feb 1860 William
Munro (1st time)(acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1880)
16 Feb 1860 - 14 Mar 1861 Freeman Murray
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
14 Mar 1861 - 15 Jun 1864
Harry St. George Ord (1st time) (b.
1819 - d. 1885)
15 Jun 1864 - 27 Jul 1864 William Munro
(2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
27 Jul 1864 - 18 Oct 1865 William George
Hamley (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1893)
(acting)(lieutenant governor)
18 Oct 1865 - 24 Nov 1866 Harry St.
George Ord (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Nov 1866 - 13 Apr 1867 William George
Hamley (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)(lieutenant governor)
13 Apr 1867 - 30 Apr 1867 Arnold Thompson
(acting)
30 Apr 1867 - 29 May 1870 Frederick
Edward
Chapman
(b. 1815 - d. 1893)
29 May 1870 - 13 Sep 1870 William
Freeland Brett (acting) (b. 1821 - d.
1884)
(lieutenant governor)
13 Sep 1870 - 22 Apr 1871 Thomas Gore
Browne (acting) (b. 1807 - d.
1887)
22 Apr 1871 - 9 May 1871 Arthur
A'Court Fisher (acting) (b. 1830 - d.
1879)
9 May 1871 - 2 Jun 1874 Sir
John Henry
Lefroy
(b. 1817 - d. 1890)
2 Jun 1874 - 5 Nov 1874
Fitzroy Molyneaux Henry Somerset (b. 1823 - d.
1901)
(acting)
5 Nov 1874 - 10 May 1877 Sir John
Henry Lefroy (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 May 1877 - 10 Aug 1877 William Laurie
Morrison (acting)
10 Aug 1877 - 10 Jun 1880 Sir Robert
Michael Laffan
(b. 1821 - d. 1882)
(1st time)
10 Jun 1880 - 14 Sep 1880 E.C.A. Gordon (1st
time)(acting)
14 Sep 1880 - 1 Aug 1881 Sir Robert Michael
Laffan
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Aug 1881 - 6 Nov 1881 E.C.A. Gordon
(2nd time)(acting)
6 Nov 1881 - 22 Mar 1882 Sir Robert
Michael
Laffan
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
22 Mar 1882 - 3 Jul 1882 E.C.A. Gordon (3rd
time)(acting)
3 Jul 1882 - 17 Jun 1885 Thomas Lionel John
Gallwey
(b. 1822 - d. 1906)
(1st time)
17 Jun 1885 - 13 Aug 1885 F.E. Cox
(acting)
13 Aug 1885 - 13 Feb 1886 Richard Mainwaring
Forinan
Sandford (1st time)(acting)
13 Feb 1886 - 23 Aug 1888 Thomas Lionel John
Gallwey
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
23 Aug 1888 - 29 Oct 1888 Richard Mainwaring
Forinan
Sandford (2nd time)(acting)
29 Oct 1888 - 2 Oct 1890 Edward Newdigate
Newdegate (b. 1825 - d.
1902)
(1st time)
2 Oct 1890 - 7 Dec 1890 Herbert
Francis Eaton (acting) (b. 1848
- d. 1925)
7 Dec 1890 - 6 Aug 1891 Edward
Newdigate
Newdegate
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Aug 1891 - 11 Oct 1891 Samuel Pym (1st
time)(acting)
11 Oct 1891 - 7 Dec 1891 Edward Newdigate
Newdegate
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
7 Dec 1891 - 8 Jan 1892
Samuel Pym (2nd time)(acting)
18 Jul 1892 - 27 Jul 1893 Thomas Casey Lyons (1st
time) (b. 1830 - d. 1897)
27 Jul 1893 - 4 Sep 1893 Samuel Pym
(3rd time)(acting)
4 Sep 1893 - 26 Jun 1894 Thomas Casey Lyons
(2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Jun 1894 - 30 Aug 1894 Samuel Pym (4th
time)(acting)
30 Aug 1894 - 1 Aug 1895 Thomas Casey Lyons
(3rd time) (s.a.)
1 Aug 1895 - 7 Oct 1895 Edward Crozier
Sibbald Moore (b. 1844 - d. 1905)
(1st
time) (acting)
7 Oct 1895 - 28 May 1896 Thomas Casey Lyons
(4th time) (s.a.)
28 May 1896 - 6 Jul 1896 Edward Crozier
Sibbald Moore (s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
6 Jul 1896 - 2 Sep 1897 George Digby
Barker (1st time) (b. 1833 - d. 1914)
2 Sep 1897 - 10 Oct
1897 Edward Crozier Sibbald Moore
(s.a.)
(3rd time)(acting)
10 Oct 1897 - 1 Sep 1898 George Digby
Barker (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1898 - 18 Oct 1898 William Andrew Yule
(acting) (b. 1846 -
d. 1903)
18 Oct 1898 - 22 Aug 1900 George Digby Barker (3rd
time) (s.a.)
(from 23 May 1900, Sir George Digby Barker)
22 Aug 1900 - 14 Oct 1900 J.W.A. Marshall (acting)
14 Oct 1900 - 30 Jan 1902 Sir George Digby Barker
(4th time) (s.a.)
30 Jan 1902 - 3 Feb 1902 Arden L. Bayley
(acting)
3 Feb 1902 - 28 Apr 1904 Sir Henry
Le Guay
Geary
(b. 1837 - d. 1918)
27 Apr 1904 - 2 May 1904 A.N.
Roberts (1st time)(acting)
2 May 1904 - 12 Jul 1905 Robert Macgregor
Stewart (1st time)(b. 1842 - d. 1919)
12 Jul 1905 - 29 Oct 1905 A.N. Roberts (2nd
time)(acting)
29 Oct 1905 - 22 Aug 1906 Sir Robert Macgregor
Stewart (s.a.)
(2nd time)
22 Aug 1906 - 14 Oct 1906 Stephen Frewen
(acting)
(b. 1857 - d. 1933)
14 Oct 1906 - 26 Jun 1907 Sir Robert Macgregor
Stewart (s.a.)
(3rd time)
26 Jun 1907 - 2 Sep 1908 Josceline Heneage
Wodehouse (b.
1852 - d. 1930)
2 Sep 1908 - 9 Nov 1908 F.H.
Chapman (acting)
9 Nov 1908 - 6 Mar 1912 Frederick
Walter Kitchener (b.
1859 - d. 1912)
(from 19 Jun 1911, Sir Frederick Walter
Kitchener)
6 Mar 1912 - 25 Jun 1912
Wilfrid Lionel Brook-Smith (acting)(b. 1860 - d. 19..)
25 Jun 1912 - 2 Aug 1913 Sir George
Mockworth Bullock
(b. 1851 - d. 1926)
(1st time)
2 Aug 1913 - 12 Sep 1913 Morton Calverley
Coles (acting) (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
12 Sep 1913 - 25 Jul 1914 Sir George Mockworth
Bullock (s.a.)
(2nd time)
25 Jul 1914 - 7 Aug 1914 George Bunbury
McAndrew (acting) (b. 1860? - d. 1915)
7 Aug 1914 - 25 May 1917 Sir George
Mockworth Bullock
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
25 May 1917 - 2 Jun 1917 William Henry Land
(acting) (b.
1859 - d. 1922)
2 Jun 1917 - 19 Jul 1919 Sir James Willcocks
(1st time) (b. 1857 - d. 1926)
19 Jul 1919 - 22 Sep 1919 Henry Bertram
Des Voeux (1st time) (b. 1868 - d. 1930)
(acting)
22 Sep 1919 - 11 Oct 1920 Sir James Willcocks (2nd
time) (s.a.)
11 Oct 1920 - 25 Oct 1920 Henry Bertram Des Voeux
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
25 Oct 1920 - 2 Aug 1921 Sir James Willcocks
(3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Aug 1921 - 30 Sep 1921 Arthur Berger
(acting)
30 Sep 1921 - 2 Jun 1922 Sir James Willcocks
(3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Jun 1922 - 28 Jul 1923 Sir Joseph John
Asser (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1949)
28 Jul 1923 - 7 Sep 1923 Gerald
Eliot Badcock (acting) (b. 1883 - d.
1966)
7 Sep 1923 - 29 Jul 1924 Sir Joseph John
Asser (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jul 1924 - 22 Sep 1924 Charles W. Biggs (1st
time)(acting)
22 Sep 1924 - 30 May 1925 Sir Joseph John Asser
(3rd time) (s.a.)
30 May 1925 - 24 Sep 1925 Charles W. Biggs (2nd
time)(acting)
24 Sep 1925 - 19 Jul 1926 Sir Joseph John Asser
(4th time) (s.a.)
19 Jul 1926 - 19 Sep 1926 Frank Bertram Legh
(acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1966)
19 Sep 1926 - 28 Jul 1927 Sir Joseph John Asser
(5th time) (s.a.)
28 Jul 1927 - 13 Sep 1930 Sir Louis Jean
Bols
(b. 1867 - d. 1930)
13 Sep 1930 - 20 Apr 1931 Edward Walter
Evans (acting) (b. 1890 -
d. 1985)
20 Apr 1931 - 1 Apr 1936 Sir Thomas
Astley
Cubitt
(b. 1871 - d. 1939)
20 Apr 1936 - 4 Aug 1939 Sir
Reginald John
Thoroton
(b. 1876 - d. 1965)
Hildyard
4 Aug 1939 - 8 Oct 1939 Eric
Aldhelm Torlogh
Dutton (b.
1895 - d. 1973)
(1st time)(acting)
8 Oct 1939 - 27 Sep 1941 Sir Denis John
Charles Kirwan (b. 1882 -
d. 1956)
Bernard
27 Sep 1941 - 4 Oct 1941 Eric
Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
4 Oct 1941 - 19 Jun 1943 Edward George
William Tyrwhitt (b. 1895 - d.
1966)
Knollys, Viscount Knollys of
Caversham in the County of Oxford,
and Baron Caversham
19 Jun 1943 - 14 Oct 1943 William Lindsay
Murphy (acting) (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
14 Oct 1943 - 7 Oct 1945 David George
Brownlow Cecil, (b.
1905 - d. 1981)
Baron Burghley, Marquis of Exeter
7 Oct 1945 - 6 May 1946
William Addis (1st time)(acting) (b. 1901 -
d. 1978)
6 May 1946 - 23 Mar 1949 Ralph
Leatham
(b. 1886 - d. 1954)
23 Mar 1949 - 24 Oct 1949 William Addis
(2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
24 Oct 1949 - 26 Apr 1955 Sir Alexander
Hood
(b. 1888 - d. 1980)
24 Oct 1955 - 23 Oct 1959 Sir John Dane
Woodall
(b. 1897 - d. 1985)
30 Nov 1959 - 25 Apr 1964 Sir Julian
Alvery
Gascoigne (b.
1903 - d. 1990)
25 Apr 1964 - 15 Jun 1964 Joseph Walter
Sykes (acting) (b.
1915 - d. ....)
15 Jun 1964 - 13 Aug 1972 John Roland Robinson,
Baron (b. 1907 - d.
1989)
Martonmere
13 Aug 1972 - 12 Oct 1972 Ian Albert
Clark Kinnear (1st time)(b. 1924 - d. 2008)
(acting)
12 Oct 1972 - 10 Mar 1973 Sir Richard
Sharples
(b. 1916 - d. 1973)
10 Mar 1973 - 16 Jul 1973 Ian Albert Clark Kinnear
(2nd time)(s.a.)
(acting)
16 Jul 1973 - 7 Apr 1977 Sir Edwin
Hartley Cameron Leather (b. 1919 - d. 2005)
7 Apr 1977 - 6 Sep 1977 Peter Lloyd
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1926 - d.
2007)
6 Sep 1977 - 30 Dec 1980 Sir Peter
Ramsbotham
(b. 1919 - d. 2010)
1 Jan 1981 - 24 Feb 1981 Peter Lloyd (2nd
time) (acting) (s.a.)
24 Feb 1981 - 15 Mar 1983 Sir Richard Neil
Posnett
(b. 1919 - d. 2009)
14 Feb 1983 - 17 Jul 1983 John Mark Ambrose
Herdman
(b. 1932 - d. 2015)
(acting [for Posnett to 15 Mar 1983])
17 Jul 1983 - Sep 1988
John William
Morrison,
(b. 1926 - d. 2000)
Viscount Dunrossil
Oct 1988 - 25 Aug 1992
Sir Desmond
Langley
(b. 1930 - d. 2008)
25 Aug 1992 - 4 Jun 1997 David
Waddington, Baron
(b. 1929 - d. 2017)
Waddington of Read in the
County of Lancashire
4 Jun 1997 - 27 Nov 2001 Thorold
Masefield
(b. 1939)
27 Nov 2001 - 11 Apr 2002 Tim Gurney
(acting)
(b. 1955)
11 Apr 2002 - 12 Oct 2007 Sir John
Vereker
(b. 1944)
12 Oct 2007 - 12 Dec 2007 Mark Andrew Capes
(acting) (b.
1954)
12 Dec 2007 - 18 May 2012 Sir Richard Hugh Turton
Gozney (b. 1951)
18 May 2012 - 23 May 2012 David B. Arkley
(acting)
(b. 1966)
23 May 2012 - 2 Aug 2016 George Duncan
Raukawa Fergusson (b. 1955)
2 Aug 2016 - 5 Dec 2016 Ginny Ferson
(f)
(acting)
(b. 1963)
5 Dec 2016 - 12 Dec 2020 John James
Rankin
(b. 1957)
12 Dec 2020 - 14 Dec 2020 Alison Crocket (f)
(acting)
14 Dec 2020
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Rena Lalgie
(f)
(b. 1979?)
Government Leaders
10 Jun 1968 - 29 Dec 1971 Sir Henry
Tucker
(b. 1903 - d. 1986) UBP
29 Dec 1971 - 18 Apr 1973 Sir Edward
Richards
(b. 1908 - d. 1991) UBP
Premiers
18 Apr 1973 - 29 Dec 1975 Sir Edward
Richards
(s.a.)
UBP
29 Dec 1975 - 30 Aug 1977 John Henry
Sharpe
(b. 1921 - d. 1999) UBP
30 Aug 1977 - 15 Jan 1982 David
Gibbons
(b. 1927 - d. 2014) UBP
15 Jan 1982 - 25 Aug 1995 John William
David
Swan
(b.
1935)
UBP
(from 1 Jan 1990, Sir John William David Swan)
25 Aug 1995 - 27 Mar 1997 David
Saul
(b. 1939 - d. 2017) UBP
27 Mar 1997 - 10 Nov 1998 Pamela Felicity
Gordon
(f) (b.
1955)
UBP
10 Nov 1998 - 29 Jul 2003 Jennifer
Meridith Smith (f)
(b.
1947)
PLP
29 Jul 2003 - 30 Oct 2006 Alex
Scott
(b.
1940)
PLP
30 Oct 2006 - 29 Oct 2010 Ewart Frederick
Brown, Jr.
(b.
1946)
PLP
29 Oct 2010 - 18 Dec 2012
Paula Ann Cox (f)
(b. 1964)
PLP
18 Dec 2012 - 19 May 2014 Craig
Cannonier
(b. 1963) OBA
19 May 2014 - 19 Jul 2017 Michael Dunkley
(b. 1958)
OBA
(acting to 20 May 2014)
19 Jul 2017
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Edward David
Burt
(b. 1978) PLP
Party abbreviations: OBA = One Bermuda
Alliance (center-right, merger
of Bermuda Democratic Alliance and most of UBP,
est.17 May 2011); PLP =
Progressive Labour Party (social-democratic, est.10 Feb
1963);
- Former parties: UBP = United Bermuda
Party (conservative, 21 Aug 1964-30 Jun 2011,
mostly merged into OBA)
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