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The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Bermuda. TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and he or she is responsible for appointing the Premier and the 11 members of the Senate (the upper house of Bermuda's Parliament). Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state The following is a list of Premiers of Bermuda. See also British overseas territory Lists of incumbents

The current Governor is Sir Richard Gozney; he was sworn-in on December 12, 2007[1] . Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG, born 21 July 1951, is a British career Diplomat. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The Governor has his own flag in Bermuda, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms. The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Coat of Arms of Bermuda depicts a red lion holding a shield that has a depiction of a wrecked ship upon it

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History

The first Governor was appointed in 1612. As Bermuda is one of the UK's oldest colonies, there have been a number of Governors appointed to the territory since then, usually prominent Royal Navy captains, as a reward on retirement.

On March 10, 1973, the 121st Governor, Richard Sharples, and his aide-de-camp Captain Hugh Sayers, were assassinated in a racist attack by a Bermudian black activist named Buck Burrows and an accomplice, Larry Tacklin who were members of the Black Beret Cadres. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Major Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC (1916&mdash March 10, 1973, St Under British law the assassination of the head of state was and is still a capital offence, and after much debate due to the controversial moral issues raised, the sentence stood despite a 6,000-strong petition from Bermudians to the Queen. Both men were hanged in 1977 for the killings and other murders, sparking riots throughout Bermuda. Buck Burrows spoke in defiance during the resulting furore, explaining that he had killed the Governor to prove that he was not untouchable and that white-dominated politics was infallible.

List of Governors of Bermuda

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  1. 1612 Richard Moore
  2. 1616 Daniel Tucker
  3. 1619 Nathaniel Butler
  4. 1622 Capt. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Politics of Bermuda takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the Head of government Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG, born 21 July 1951, is a British career Diplomat. The following is a list of Premiers of Bermuda. See also British overseas territory Lists of incumbents Ewart Frederick Brown Jr (born 1946 is the Premier of Bermuda, leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party (PLP, Minister of Tourism and Transport Parliament has two chambers. Originally there was only one the House of Assembly which held its first session in 1620 making Bermuda's Parliament amongst the World's oldest The Senate is one of two parts of the Parliament of Bermuda, the other being the House of Assembly. The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Bermuda. This article lists political parties in Bermuda. Bermuda has a Two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties with extreme Bermuda elects on territorial level a Legislature. Parliament has two chambers. |||}Bermuda is divided into nine Parishes and two municipalities. The law of Bermuda is based on the Common law Legal system of England and Wales. Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Nathaniel Butler (born c 1577 date of death unknown was an English Privateer who later served as the colonial governor of Bermuda during the early 17th-century John Bernard
  5. 1623 Capt. Henry Woodhouse
  6. 1626 Capt. Philip Bell
  7. 1629 Capt. Roger Wood
  8. 1637 Capt. Thomas Chaddock
  9. 1641 Capt. William Sayer
  10. 1642 Capt. Josias Forster
  11. 1643 Capt. William Sayer
  12. 1644 A Triumvirate: William Sayer
  13. 1645 Capt. Josias Forster
  14. 1645 The Triumvirate
  15. 1647 Capt. Thomas Turner
  16. 1649 John Trimingham (Elected by the People)
  17. 1650 Capt. Josias Forster
  18. 1659 Capt. William Sayer
  19. 1663 Capt. F. Seymour
  20. 1668 S. Whalley
  21. 1669 Sir John Heydon
  22. 1681 Capt. F. Seymour
  23. 1683 Col. Richard Coney
  24. 1687-1690 Sir Richard Robinson
  25. 1691-1693 Isaac Richier
  26. 1693-1698 Capt. John Goddard
  27. 1698-1700 Samuel Day
  28. 1701-1713 Capt. Benjamin Bennett
  29. 1713-1718 Henry Pulleine
  30. 1718-1722 Capt. Benjamin Bennett
  31. 1722-1727 Sir John Hope
  32. 1727-1728 John Trimingham
  33. 1728-1737 Capt. John Pitt
  34. 1737-1738 Andrew Auchinleck
  35. 1738-1744 Alured Popple
  36. 1744-1747 Francis Jones
  37. 1747-1751 William Popple
  38. 1751-1755 Francis Jones
  39. 1755-1763 William Popple
  40. 1763-1764 Francis Jones
  41. 1764-1780 George James Bruere
  42. 1780 Thomas Jones
  43. 1780-1781 George James Bruere
  44. 1872-1788 William Browne
  45. 1788-1794 Henry Hamilton (Lt. Henry Hamilton ( c 1734 &ndash 29 September 1796) was an Irish-born official of the British Empire. Gov. )
  46. 1794-1796 James Crawford
  47. 1796 Henry Tucker
  48. 1796 William Campbell
  49. 1796-17~8 Henry Tucker
  50. 1798-1803 George Beckwith
  51. 1803-1805 Henry Tucker
  52. 1805-1806 Francis Gore (Lt. Francis Gore, ( Blackheath London 1769 &ndash 3 November 1852, Brighton) was a British officer and British colonial administrator Gov. )
  53. 1806 Henry Tucker
  54. 1806-1810 John Hodgson
  55. 1810-1811 Samuel Trott
  56. 1811-1812 Sir James Cockburn
  57. 1812 William Smith
  58. 1812-1816 George Horsford (Lt. Sir James Cockburn 9th Baronet ( 21 March 1771 - 26 February 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 - 1819 Gov. )
  59. 1814-1816 Sir James Cockburn
  60. 1816-1817 William Smith
  61. 1817-1819 Sir James Cockburn
  62. 1819 William Smith
  63. 1819-1822 Sir William Lumley
  64. 1822-1823 William Smith
  65. 1823-1825 Sir William Lumley
  66. 1825-1826 William Smith
  67. 1826-1829 Sir H. Sir James Cockburn 9th Baronet ( 21 March 1771 - 26 February 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 - 1819 Sir James Cockburn 9th Baronet ( 21 March 1771 - 26 February 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 - 1819 General Sir William Lumley GCB was a senior British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries General Sir William Lumley GCB was a senior British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Turner
  68. 1829 Robert Kennedy (Act. Gov. )
  69. 1829-1830 Sir H. Turner
  70. 1830 Robert Kennedy (Act. Gov. )
  71. 1830-1832 Sir H. Turner
  72. 1832-1835 Sir R. S. Chapman
  73. 1835 Henry G. Hunt (Act. Gov. )
  74. 1835-1836 Robert Kennedy
  75. 1836-1839 Sir R. S. Chapman
  76. 1839-1846 Lt. Col. William Reid
  77. 1846 W. Sir William Reid (1791񮔒 was a British soldier administrator and meteorologist, born at Kinglassie, Fifeshire. N. Hutchinson
  78. 1846-1852 Sir Charles Elliott KCB
  79. 1852-1853 W
  80. 1853 George Philpots (Act. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George Gov. )
  81. 1853 Soulden Oakley (Act. Gov. )
  82. 1853 Thomas C. Robe (Act. Gov. )
  83. 1853 Soulden Oakley (Act. Gov. )
  84. 1853-1854 Sir Charles Elliott
  85. 1854 Montgomery Williams (Act. Gov. )
  86. 1854-1859 Col. Freeman Murray
  87. 1859 AT. Heniphill (Act. Gov. )
  88. 1859-1860 William Munroe
  89. 1860-1861 Col. Freeman Murray
  90. 1861-1864 Col. H. St. George Ord
  91. 1864 William Munroe (Act. Major-General Sir Harry St George Ord GCMG, CB, RE, was born on 4 August 1819 in North Cray, Kent Gov. )
  92. 1864-1865 W. H. Hamley (Lt. Gov. )
  93. 1865-1866 Col. H. St. George Ord
  94. 1866-1867 W. H. Hamley (Lt. Gov. )
  95. 1867 Arnold Thompson (Act. Gov. )
  96. 1867-1870 Sir F. E. Chapman
  97. 1870 W. F. Brett (Lt. Gov. )
  98. 1871-1877 Maj. Gen. Sir J.H Lefroy
  99. 1877-1882 Lt. Sir John Henry Lefroy, KCMG, CB, FRS, ( January 28, 1817 &ndash April 11, 1890) was a British military Gen. Thomas L. J. Gaiwey
  100. 1888-1891 Lt. Gen. Edward Newdigate Newdegate
  101. 1892-1896 Lt. Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate KCB ( June 15, 1825 - August 1, 1902) was a member of the Newdigate family and a soldier Gen. C. Lyons
  102. 1896-1901 Lt. Gen. O. Digby Barker
  103. 1902-1904 Lt. Gen. Sir Henry LeGuay Geary
  104. 1904-1907 Lt. Gen. Sir Robert M. Steward
  105. 1907-1908 Lt. Gen. Sir Josceline H. Wodehouse
  106. 1908-1912 Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener
  107. 1912-1917 Lt. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener KCB ( 26 May 1858 - 6 March 1912) known as Walter Kitchener Gen. Sir George M. Bullock
  108. 1917-1922 Gen. Sir James Willcocks
  109. 1922-1927 Lt. General Sir James Willcocks GCB GCMG KCSI DSO ( 1 April 1857 &ndash 18 December 1926) was a British Gen. Sir J. J. Asser
  110. 1927-1931 Lt. Gen. Sir Louis Jean Bols
  111. 1931-1936 Lt. Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Jean Bols KCB, KCMG, DSO ( Cape Town November 23, 1867 &ndash September 13 Gen. Sir Thomas Astley-Cuhhitt
  112. 1936-1939 Lt. Gen. Reginald Heldyard
  113. 1939-1941 Lt. Gen. Sir Denis John Charles Kirwas Bernard
  114. 1941-1943 The Rt. Hon. Viscount Knollys
  115. 1943-1945 The Rt. Hon. Lord Burghley
  116. 1946-1949 Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham
  117. 1949-1955 Lt. David George Brownlow Cecil 6th Marquess of Exeter KCMG ( 9 February 1905 &ndash 22 October 1981) styled Lord Burghley Gen. Sir Alexander Hood
  118. 1955-1959 Lt. Gen. Sir John Woodall
  119. 1959-1964 Maj. Gen. Sir Julian Gascoigne
  120. 1964-1972 The Rt. Hon. Lord Martonmere, GBE, KCMG, PC
  121. 1972-1973 Sir Richard Sharples, KCMG, OBE , MC (assassinated)
  122. 1973-1977 Sir Edwin Leather, KCMG, KCVO
  123. 1977-1980 The Hon. John Roland Robinson 1st Baron Martonmere, GBE KCMG PC ( 22 February 1907 &ndash 3 May 1989) was a British The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a Major Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC (1916&mdash March 10, 1973, St The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Sir Edwin Hartley Cameron "Ted" Leather ( 22 May 1919 &ndash 5 April, 2005) KCMG, KCVO, KStJ The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria Sir Peter Ramsbotham, GCMG, GCVO
  124. 1980-1983 Sir Richard Posnett, KBE , CMG
  125. 1983-1988 Viscount Dunrossil, CMG
  126. 1988-1992 Major-Gen Sir Desmond Langley, KCVO, MBE
  127. 1992-1997 The Rt Hon Lord Waddington, GCVO, PC, QC
  128. 1997-2002 Mr Thorold Masefield, CMG
  129. 2002-12 October 2007 Sir John Vereker, KCB
  130. 12 October 2007-12 December 2007 Mark Capes (acting)
  131. 12 December 2007 - present Sir Richard Gozney, KCMG

Sources

Bermuda and Great Britain; Bermuda Online Portal

  1. ^ Smith, Tim. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. David Charles Waddington Baron Waddington GCVO DL QC PC (born 2 August 1929) is a Conservative politician in The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Sir John Michael Medlicott Vereker, KCB, FRSA (born 9 August 1944) was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG, born 21 July 1951, is a British career Diplomat. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Royal Gazette: Breaking News: New Governor sworn in. 12 December 2007. Accessed 13 December 2007

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