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The [[chief justice]] of [[Jamaica]] is the chief judge of the [[Supreme Court of Jamaica]]. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.
This is a '''list of [[Chief Justice]]s of [[Jamaica]]'''.


==British Colony (1655–1962)==
==British colony (1655–1962)==
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*[[Philip Ward (judge)|Philip Ward]] (1661–)<ref name=Cund>[[Frank Cundall|Cundall, Frank]]. (1915) [https://archive.org/details/cu31924020417527/page/n25 ''Historic Jamaica''.] London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.</ref>
*[[Philip Ward (judge)|Philip Ward]] (1661–)<ref name=Cund>[[Frank Cundall|Cundall, Frank]]. (1915) [https://archive.org/details/cu31924020417527/page/n25 ''Historic Jamaica''.] London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii–xix.</ref>
*[[Samuel Barry]] (c.1661–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Samuel Barry]] (c.1661–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[William Mitchell (judge)|William Mitchell]] (1663)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[William Mitchell (judge)|William Mitchell]] (1663)<ref name=Cund/>
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*Samuel Bernard (1685–)<ref name=Cund/> ([[Samuel Bernard (Jamaica)]]?)
*Samuel Bernard (1685–)<ref name=Cund/> ([[Samuel Bernard (Jamaica)]]?)
*[[Robert Noell]] (1688)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Robert Noell]] (1688)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Roger Elletson]] (1689)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Roger Elletson (judge)|Roger Elletson]] (1689)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Richard Lloyd (died 1714)|Richard Lloyd]] (1689)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Richard Lloyd (died 1714)|Richard Lloyd]] (1689)<ref name=Cund/>
*Richard Lloyd (1695–1698)<ref name=Cund/><ref> {{cite web|url=http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/lloyd-richard-1661-1714|title= LLOYD, Richard (c.1661-1714), of Westminster, Mdx.|publisher= History of Parliament online|accessdate = 29 September 2015}} </ref>
*Richard Lloyd (1695–1698)<ref name=Cund/><ref> {{cite web|url=http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/lloyd-richard-1661-1714|title= LLOYD, Richard (c.1661–1714), of Westminster, Mdx.|publisher= History of Parliament online|access-date = 29 September 2015}} </ref>
*Sir [[Nicholas Lawes]] (1698–)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Nicholas Lawes]] (1698–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Peter Beckford]] (1703–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Peter Beckford (colonial administrator)|Peter Beckford]] (1703–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Walters (judge)|John Walters]] (1706–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Walters (judge)|John Walters]] (1706–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Peter Heywood (judge)|Peter Heywood]] (1714–1715)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Peter Heywood (judge)|Peter Heywood]] (1714–1715)<ref name=Cund/>
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*[[Edward Pennant]]<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Edward Pennant]]<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Richard Mill]] (1733)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Richard Mill]] (1733)<ref name=Cund/>
*John Gregory (1733-35)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Gregory (governor)|John Gregory]] (1733–35)<ref name=Cund/>
*James Hay (1735)<ref name=Cund/>
*James Hay (1735)<ref name=Cund/>
*George Ellis (1736–1739)<ref name=Cund/>
*George Ellis (1736–1739)<ref name=Cund/>
*John Gregory (1739)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Gregory (governor)|John Gregory]] (1739)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Dennis Kelly (judge)|Dennis Kelly]] (1742–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Dennis Kelly (judge)|Dennis Kelly]] (1742–)<ref name=Cund/>
*William Nedham (1746–)<ref name=Cund/>
*William Nedham (1746–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Hudson Guy]] (1749–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[John Hudson Guy]] (1749–)<ref name=Cund/>
*John Palmer (1751–1756)<ref name=Cund/>
*John Palmer (1751–1756)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Rose Fuller]] (1753–?1755)<ref> http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ffc11047-8b25-46d0-b6d1-9824d7adebde</ref>
*[[Rose Fuller]] (1753–?1755)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ffc11047-8b25-46d0-b6d1-9824d7adebde|title = Commission (Letters patent) appointing Rose Fuller chief justice of Jamaica and chief judge of the court of judicature sitting at St Jago de la Vega}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Fearon]] (1756–1764)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Thomas Fearon]] (1756–1764)<ref name=Cund/>
*George Ellis (1765–)<ref name=Cund/>
*George Ellis (1765–)<ref name=Cund/>
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*John Lewis (1808–)<ref name=Cund/>
*John Lewis (1808–)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Thomas Witter Jackson]] (1818–1821)<ref name=Cund/>
*[[Thomas Witter Jackson]] (1818–1821)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[William Anglin Scarlett]] (1821-1831)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[William Anglin Scarlett]] (1821–1831)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Joshua Rowe]] (1832–)<ref name=Cund/><ref>https://www.cornishstainedglass.org.uk/mgstc/chapter6.xhtml</ref>
*Sir [[Joshua Rowe]] (1832–)<ref name=Cund/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cornishstainedglass.org.uk/mgstc/chapter6.xhtml|title = Chapter 6. The east windows}}</ref>
*Sir [[Bryan Edwards (Chief Justice of Jamaica)|Bryan Edwards]] (1855–)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Bryan Edwards (Chief Justice of Jamaica)|Bryan Edwards]] (1855–)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[John Lucie-Smith]] (1869-)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[John Lucie-Smith]] (1869–)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Adam Gibb Ellis]] (1884-1894)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Adam Gibb Ellis]] (1884–1894)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Henry James Burford-Hancock]] (January 1895<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26590|date=18 January 1895|page=342}}</ref> – October 1895)
*Sir [[Henry James Burford-Hancock]] (January 1895<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26590|date=18 January 1895|page=342}}</ref> – October 1895)
*Sir [[Fielding Clarke]] (January 1896-1911)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Fielding Clarke]] (January 1896–1911)<ref name=Cund/>
*Sir [[Anthony Coll]] (January 1911<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28460|date=27 January 1911|page=692}}</ref> – 1922)
*Sir [[Anthony Coll]] (January 1911<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28460|date=27 January 1911|page=692}}</ref> – 1922)
*[[Anthony de Freitas (judge)|Anthony de Freitas]] (''acting'' July 1922 - September 1923)
*[[Anthony de Freitas (judge)|Anthony de Freitas]] (''acting'' July 1922 – September 1923)
*[[St John Branch]] (June 1923<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32841|date=3 July 1923|page=4613}}</ref> – 1925)
*[[St John Branch|Sir Charles St John Branch]] (June 1923 – January 1925)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32841|date=1923-07-03|page=4613}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=14099|city=e|date=1925-02-06|page=146}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33017|date=1925-02-03|page=776}}</ref>
*Anthony de Freitas (''acting'' January 1925 - February 1926)
*Anthony de Freitas (''acting'' January 1925 – February 1926)
*[[Fiennes Barrett-Lennard]] (1925-1932)
*[[Fiennes Barrett-Lennard|Sir Fiennes Barrett-Lennard]] (1926<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 33179|date= 3 July 1926|page=4403}}</ref>-1932)
*[[Robert Lyall-Grant]] (August 1932<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 33856|date= 19 August 1932|page=5366}}</ref> – 1936)
*[[Robert Lyall-Grant]] (August 1932<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 33856|date= 19 August 1932|page=5366}}</ref> – 1936)
*[[Robert Howard Furness]] (April 1936<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34277|date=24 April 1936|page=2624}}</ref> – 1944)
*[[Robert Howard Furness]] (April 1936<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34277|date=24 April 1936|page=2624}}</ref> – 1944)
*[[Horace Hearne]] (1944?<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|date=1 January 1946|page=4}}</ref>-1951)
*[[Horace Hearne|Sir Hector Horace Hearne]] (1944?–1951)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|date=28 December 1945|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39121|date=12 January 1951|page=250}}</ref>
*[[Kenneth O'Connor]] (1951<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39186|date=30 March 1951|page=1662}}</ref> – 1954)
*[[Kenneth O'Connor|Sir Kenneth O'Connor]] (1951–1954)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39186|date=30 March 1951|page=1662}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40110|date=1954-02-23|page=1174}}</ref>
*[[John Edward Doston Carberry]] (1954<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40170|date=11 May 1954|page=2776}}</ref>–1958?)
*[[John Edward Doston Carberry]] (1954<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40170|date=11 May 1954|page=2776}}</ref>–1958?)
*[[Colin MacGregor|Sir Colin MacGregor]] (1957-1962)<ref name=obs>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Proud-to-be-Jamaican_12168995 Proud to be Jamaican.] Kimone Thompson, ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2019.</ref><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Colin MacGregor|Sir Colin MacGregor]] (1957–1962)<ref name=obs>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Proud-to-be-Jamaican_12168995 Proud to be Jamaican.] Kimone Thompson, ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2019.</ref><ref name=supreme/>
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==Independent Jamaica (since 1962)==
==Independent Jamaica (since 1962)==
*[[Rowland Phillips (judge)|Rowland Phillips]] (1963-1968)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme>{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov.jm/content/chief-justices|title=Supreme Court of Jamaica|accessdate=2020-08-16}}</ref>
*[[Rowland Phillips (judge)|Sir Rowland Phillips]] (1963–1968)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme>{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov.jm/content/chief-justices|title=Supreme Court of Jamaica|access-date=2020-08-16}}</ref>
*[[Allen Montgomery Lewis|Allen Lewis]] (''acting'' 1966)
*[[Allen Montgomery Lewis|Sir Allen Lewis]] (''acting'' 1966)
*[[Herbert Duffus]] (1968-1973)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Herbert Duffus|Sir Herbert Duffus]] (1968–1973)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Kenneth Smith (judge)|Kenneth Smith]] (1973-1984)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Kenneth Smith (judge)|Hon. Kenneth Smith]] (1973–1984)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Edward Zacca]] (1985-1996)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Edward Zacca|Sir Edward Zacca]] (1985–1996)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Lensley Wolfe]] (1996-2007)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Lensley Wolfe|Hon. Lensley Wolfe]] (1996–2007)<ref name=obs/><ref name=supreme/>
*[[Zaila McCalla]] (2007-2018)<ref name=supreme/>
*[[Zaila McCalla|Hon. Zaila McCalla]] (2007–2018)<ref name=supreme/>
*[[Bryan Sykes (judge)|Bryan Sykes]] (2018-Present)<ref name=supreme/>
*[[Bryan Sykes (judge)|Hon. Bryan Sykes]] (2018–Present)<ref name=supreme/>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Chief Justices of Jamaica| List]]
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 27 July 2024

The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.

British colony (1655–1962)

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Independent Jamaica (since 1962)

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Marley, David. Pirates of the Americas, Volume 1. p. 247.
  3. ^ Marley, David. Pirates of the Americas, Volume 1. p. 510.
  4. ^ "LLOYD, Richard (c.1661–1714), of Westminster, Mdx". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Commission (Letters patent) appointing Rose Fuller chief justice of Jamaica and chief judge of the court of judicature sitting at St Jago de la Vega".
  6. ^ "Chapter 6. The east windows".
  7. ^ "No. 26590". The London Gazette. 18 January 1895. p. 342.
  8. ^ "No. 28460". The London Gazette. 27 January 1911. p. 692.
  9. ^ "No. 32841". The London Gazette. 1923-07-03. p. 4613.
  10. ^ "No. 14099". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1925-02-06. p. 146.
  11. ^ "No. 33017". The London Gazette. 1925-02-03. p. 776.
  12. ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette. 3 July 1926. p. 4403.
  13. ^ "No. 33856". The London Gazette. 19 August 1932. p. 5366.
  14. ^ "No. 34277". The London Gazette. 24 April 1936. p. 2624.
  15. ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 4.
  16. ^ "No. 39121". The London Gazette. 12 January 1951. p. 250.
  17. ^ "No. 39186". The London Gazette. 30 March 1951. p. 1662.
  18. ^ "No. 40110". The London Gazette. 1954-02-23. p. 1174.
  19. ^ "No. 40170". The London Gazette. 11 May 1954. p. 2776.
  20. ^ a b c d e f Proud to be Jamaican. Kimone Thompson, Jamaica Observer, 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h "Supreme Court of Jamaica". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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