Henry Tucker (Bermudian politician)


Sir Henry James Jack Tucker was the first Premier of Bermuda. He is considered together with Dr. E. F. Gordon one of the islands two most important leaders of the 20th century. Tucker first took office onJune 1968 and served untilDecember 1971, as a member of the United Bermuda Party , the political party that he helped found in 1964.

Henry Tucker was born in Bermuda onMarch 1903. He was a direct descendant of the first British settlers in Bermuda, who included Daniel Tucker, an early Bermudian colonial governor in 1616.

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