Office_of_the_Attorney-General_&_Ministry_of_Legal_Affairs_(Bahamas)
Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)
Office of the Attorney General & Ministry of Legal Affairs
The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters.[1]
This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973.
- William Wylly[2] (1799-1821)
- Bruce Burnside[3] (1875-1879)[4]
- William Rees-Davies[5] (c. 1897-1902)
- Frederick Chester Wells-Durrant[6] (1909-1921)
- G T Watts (1930[7]-unknown)
- John Bowes Griffin[8] (1936-1939)
- Lionel (L.A.W.) Orr[9][10] (1955-1963)
- Kendal Isaacs[11][12][13] (1963-1965)
- Paul Adderley[14][15] (1973-1989) [1st Attorney General - Post Independence]
- Sean G.A. McWeeney[16] (1989-1992)
- Orville Turnquest[17] (1992-1995)
- Brent Symonette[18] (1995)
- Janet Bostwick[19] (1995-1997) [1st female]
- Tennyson Wells[20] (1997-2001)
- Carl Wilshire Bethel[21] (2001-2002)
- Alfred Sears[22][23] (2002-2006)
- Allyson Maynard Gibson (2006-2007)
- Claire Hepburn (2007-2008)
- Michael Barnett (2008-2009)
- John Delaney (2009-2012)
- Allyson Maynard Gibson (2012-2017)
- Carl Wilshire Bethel[24] (2017–2021)
- Ryan Pinder (2021–presentt)
- "Overview of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General - Attorney General's Office - Government". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- Saunders, Gail (March 8, 2006). "William Wylly and the 'Wylly Affair'". reearth.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Obituary of Sir Bruce Burnside". Nassau, Bahamas. The Nassau Guardian. 1 September 1909. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- Thom's Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1895 (52nd ed.). Dublin: Alexander Thom & Co. 1895. p. 242.
Acting Attorney General in 1865-66-69, and 1875-9;
- Law Times, and Journal of Property. Office of The Law Times. 1907.
- Garvey, Marcus; Association, Universal Negro Improvement (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822346907.
- "Colonial Services: West African Transfers and Promotions". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 10 Feb 1930. p. 3.
Mr G. T. Watts, Crown Counsel, Nigeria to be Attorney-General, Bahamas
- Bethell, A. Talbot (May 2009). The Early Settlers of the Bahamas and Colonists of North America. Heritage Books. ISBN 9780788412493.
- The Solicitors' Journal. The Journal. 1955.
- Office, Great Britain Colonial (1962). Bahamas: Report for the Year. H.M. Stationery Off.
- Bahamian Review: The National Monthly News Magazine of the Bahamas. Cartwright Publications. 1980.
- Gunson, Phil; Chamberlain, Greg; Thompson, Andrew (2015-12-22). The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean. Routledge. ISBN 9781317270546.
- Hughes, Colin A. (1981-01-01). Race and Politics in the Bahamas. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702216077.
- "Tributes paid to Paul Adderley". Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "The Hon. Paul L. Adderley - Government - Details". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1989:Nov.-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "His Excellency Sir Orville Turnquest - Government - Details". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995:Oct.-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Oct-Dec 1996". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Attorneys-General Post Independence - Attorney General's Office - Government". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Nov 2001-Apr 2002". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep 2002-Jan 2003". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Alfred Sears | Sears and Co". searsandcolaw.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- "Carl Bethel being considered for the post of Chief Justice – | Bahamaspress.com". bahamaspress.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.