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Arthur Bluck

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Arthur Bluck
46th Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda
In office
1929–1933
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorSir Louis Jean Bols
Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt
Preceded bySir Reginald Gray
Succeeded bySir J. Reginald Conyers
Member of the Colonial Parliament of Bermuda (House of Assembly)
Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda
Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda
In office
1932–1932
Personal details
Born
Arthur William Bluck

6 March 1864
Hamilton, Bermuda
DiedJune 1944(1944-06-00) (aged 80)
Hamilton, Bermuda
SpouseMary Outerbridge
RelationsHenry Hamilton Kitchener (son-in-law)
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Arthur William Bluck OBE (6 March 1864 – June 1944) was a Bermudan judge and politician who served as a member of the House of Assembly and an Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.[1] He was Speaker of the Colonial Parliament of Bermuda between 1929 and 1933.[citation needed]

Bluck was Mayor of Hamilton since 1913 and involved with the Trade Development Board (TDB).[2] He was president of the Bank of Bermuda.[2] He was also president of the Bermuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazette. 3 June 1927. p. 3617. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Swan, Quito J. (May 2010). "Bermuda Looks to the East: Marcus Garvey, the UNIA, and Bermuda, 1920–1931". Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean & Its Diasporas. 13 (1): 29–61 – via EBSCOhost.