James Rufus Astwood

Background

Astwood, James Rufus Son of James Rufus Senior and Mabel Winifred Astwood.

Education

Student, Berkeley Institute, Bermuda student, University Toronto, Canada.

Career

Joined, Jamaican Legal Svc., 1957; deputy clerk courts, Jamaican Legal Svc., 1957-1958; clerk courts, Jamaican Legal Svc., 1958-1963; resident magistrate, Jamaican Legal Svc., 1963-1974; puisne judge, Jamaican Legal Svc., 1971, 73; stipendiary magistrate, judge grand court, Cayman Islands, 1958-1959; senior magistrate, Bermuda, 1974-1976; acting deputy governor, Bermuda, 1977; chief justice of Bermuda, 1977-1993; president, Court of Appeal of Bermuda, since 1995; president, Court of Appeal of Turks and Caicos Islands, since 1997. Member various committees, tribunals and boards enquiry, Bermuda and Jamaica.

Achievements

• James Rufus Astwood has been listed as a noteworthy Court administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Bermuda Senior Golfers Society, Mid Ocean Club.

Connections

Married Gloria Preston Norton, 1952. 3 children.

Father:

James Rufus Senior

Mother:

Mabel Winifred Astwood

Spouse:

Gloria Preston Norton