Sir Richard William Ground, (2 May 1949 – 22 February 2014)News24
"Former Chief Justice Sir Richard Ground dies", 23 February was an English judge in the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...

and Bermuda.

Background

Ground was born in

Stamford, England Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed ...

in 1949 and studied at

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...

, Inns of Court School of Law. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1975. He was a media lawyer in London, before going to the

to serve as Crown Counsel from 1983 to 1987 and then as Attorney General of the Cayman Islands from 1987 to 1992. He was Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1998 to 2004, and

Chief Justice of Bermuda The Chief Justice of Bermuda is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda. Chief Justices *2018–present Narinder Hargun *2012–2018 Ian Kawaley *2004–2012 Richard Ground *1993-2004 Sir Austin Ward *1977-1993 Sir James Rufus Astwood * ...

from 2004 to 2012. Ground retired as Chief Justice in 2012 and was succeeded by Ian Kawaley. He died on 22 February 2014 in

Grindleford, Derbyshire Grindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 909. It lies at an altitude of in the valley of the River Derwent in the ...

, survived by his widow, Dace McCoy Ground, whom he married in 1986.

References

External links

Sir Richard William Ground, 2012 Knighthood approval
in The Gazette 1949 births 2014 deaths 20th-century English judges Knights Bachelor Bermudian judges Attorneys General of the Cayman Islands Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Alumni of City, University of London Members of Gray's Inn People from Stamford, Lincolnshire {{England-law-bio-stub Chief justices of the Turks and Caicos Islands Chief justices of Bermuda 21st-century English judges