List of chief justices of Jamaica
This is a list of Chief Justices of Jamaica.
British Colony (1655–1962)
- Philip Ward (1661–)[1]
- Samuel Barry (c.1661–)[1]
- William Mitchell (1663)[1]
- Sir Thomas Lynch (1664–1665)[1]
- John White (1671–)[1] (John White (governor)?)
- Sir Thomas Modyford (1675)[1][2]
- Samuel Long (1676–1679)[1][3]
- Robert Byndloss (1681–)[1]
- Samuel Bernard (1685–)[1] (Samuel Bernard (Jamaica)?)
- Robert Noell (1688)[1]
- Roger Elletson (1689)[1]
- Richard Lloyd (1689)[1]
- Richard Lloyd (1695–1698)[1][4]
- Sir Nicholas Lawes (1698–)[1]
- Peter Beckford (1703–)[1]
- John Walters (1706–)[1]
- Peter Heywood (1714–1715)[1]
- Peter Bernard (1716–)[1]
- John Ayscough (1724–)[1]
- Edward Pennant[1]
- Richard Mill (1733)[1]
- John Gregory (1733-35)[1]
- James Hay (1735)[1]
- George Ellis (1736–1739)[1]
- John Gregory (1739)[1]
- Dennis Kelly (1742–)[1]
- William Nedham (1746–)[1]
- John Hudson Guy (1749–)[1]
- John Palmer (1751–1756)[1]
- Rose Fuller (1753–?1755)[5]
- Thomas Fearon (1756–1764)[1]
- George Ellis (1765–)[1]
- Thomas Beach (1766–)[1]
- Peter Haywood (1770–)[1]
- Edward Webley (1776–)[1]
- Richard Welch (1779)[1]
- Thomas French (1780–1783)[1]
- John Grant (1784–1791)[1]
- Thomas Harrison (1790–) (acting)[1]
- William Jackson (1792–)[1]
- John Henckel (1801–)[1]
- John Kirby (1802–)[1]
- John Lewis (1808–)[1]
- Thomas Witter Jackson (1818–1821)[1]
- Sir William Anglin Scarlett (1821-1831)[1]
- Sir Joshua Rowe (1832–)[1][6]
- Sir Bryan Edwards (1855–)[1]
- Sir John Lucie-Smith (1869-)[1]
- Sir Adam Gibb Ellis (1884-1894)[1]
- Sir Henry James Burford-Hancock (January 1895[7] – October 1895)
- Sir Fielding Clarke (January 1896-1911)[1]
- Sir Anthony Coll (January 1911[8] – 1922)
- Anthony de Freitas (acting July 1922 - September 1923)
- Sir Charles St John Branch (June 1923 – January 1925)[9][10][11]
- Anthony de Freitas (acting January 1925 - February 1926)
- Sir Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1926[12]-1932)
- Robert Lyall-Grant (August 1932[13] – 1936)
- Robert Howard Furness (April 1936[14] – 1944)
- Sir Hector Horace Hearne (1944?-1951)[15][16]
- Sir Kenneth O'Connor (1951 – 1954)[17][18]
- John Edward Doston Carberry (1954[19]–1958?)
- Sir Colin MacGregor (1957-1962)[20][21]
Independent Jamaica (since 1962)
- Sir Rowland Phillips (1963-1968)[20][21]
- Allen Lewis (acting 1966)
- Sir Herbert Duffus (1968-1973)[20][21]
- Hon. Kenneth Smith (1973-1984)[20][21]
- Sir Edward Zacca (1985-1996)[20][21]
- Lensley Wolfe (1996-2007)[20][21]
- Zaila McCalla (2007-2018)[21]
- Bryan Sykes (2018-Present)[21]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.
- ^ Marley, David. Pirates of the Americas, Volume 1. p. 247.
- ^ Marley, David. Pirates of the Americas, Volume 1. p. 510.
- ^ "LLOYD, Richard (c.1661-1714), of Westminster, Mdx". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ffc11047-8b25-46d0-b6d1-9824d7adebde
- ^ https://www.cornishstainedglass.org.uk/mgstc/chapter6.xhtml
- ^ "No. 26590". The London Gazette. 18 January 1895. p. 342.
- ^ "No. 28460". The London Gazette. 27 January 1911. p. 692.
- ^ "No. 32841". The London Gazette. 1923-07-03. p. 4613.
- ^ "No. 14099". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1925-02-06. p. 146.
- ^ "No. 33017". The London Gazette. 1925-02-03. p. 776.
- ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette. 3 July 1926. p. 4403.
- ^ "No. 33856". The London Gazette. 19 August 1932. p. 5366.
- ^ "No. 34277". The London Gazette. 24 April 1936. p. 2624.
- ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 39121". The London Gazette. 12 January 1951. p. 250.
- ^ "No. 39186". The London Gazette. 30 March 1951. p. 1662.
- ^ "No. 40110". The London Gazette. 1954-02-23. p. 1174.
- ^ "No. 40170". The London Gazette. 11 May 1954. p. 2776.
- ^ a b c d e f Proud to be Jamaican. Kimone Thompson, Jamaica Observer, 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Supreme Court of Jamaica". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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