Sir Henry James "Jack" Tucker (March 14, 1903 - January 9, 1986) was the first Premier of Bermuda

Bermuda

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. Tucker first took office on June 10, 1968 and served until December 29, 1971, as a member of the United Bermuda Party

United Bermuda Party

The United Bermuda Party was a political party in Bermuda. It represented itself as centrist party in favor of a moderate social and fiscal agenda...

 (UBP), the political party

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 in which he helped found in 1964.

Early life

Henry Tucker was born in Bermuda on March 14, 1903. He was a direct descendant of the first British settlers who settled Bermuda, and included Daniel Tucker

Daniel Tucker

Daniel Tucker was a Methodist minister, farmer and ferryman as well as a Captain during the American Revolution...

, an early Bermudian colonial governor

Governor of Bermuda

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 in 1616.

Tucker moved to New York City

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, where he worked for several bank

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s and stock broker

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ages from 1924 until 1934. He returned to Bermuda, where he became an employee of the Bank of Bermuda. He was promoted to general manager of the Bank of Bermuda in 1938.

Politics

Henry Tucker was elected to the Bermuda House of Assembly in the 1950s. He helped found the United Bermuda Party in 1964, after spending almost 20 years in the Assembly. He immediately became the UBP's leader. Tucker became Bermuda's first Premier in 1968, after the island's first election with universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

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.

Tucker resigned from office in 1971, citing his advancing age. He was knight

Knight

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ed by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.

Death

Sir Henry Tucker died in Bermuda on January 9, 1986 at the age of 82. He was survived by two children, Robert and Virginia.

External links

• Bermuda Biographies: Sir Henry James "Jack" Tucker

Henry Tucker was survived by two of his children, Robert Newbold Tucker, who currently lives in Bermuda, and daught Judy Denney, who currently lives in Basdrop, Texas