A former MP, a former Cabinet Secretary and a retired nurse were welcomed as the three new fellows of the Bermuda College in a ceremony over the weekend.

John Barritt, Donald Scott and Cecille Snaith-Simmons were honoured for their legacy of community and public service.

The three received the traditional stoles and pins from Randolph Horton, chairman of the Company of Honorary Fellows.

The company was established in 1980, with 106 fellows recognised in its history — including former premiers, politicians, educators, businessmen and philanthropists.

Mr Barritt, a prominent journalist and lawyer, served as an MP, Government Whip, Cabinet Minister, Opposition House Leader and Whip under the United Bermuda Party, and Leader of the Opposition at the formation of the One Bermuda Alliance. He retired from politics in 2011.

He is the son of the late former Speaker of the House of Assembly, F. John Barritt, and served 12 years on the board of governors at Albert College in Ontario, as well as board chairman.

Mr Scott joined the Department of Statistics, becoming Chief Statistician in 1986, and directed the 1991 Census — Bermuda’s first to include a question on income. He became Assistant Financial Secretary, and then Financial Secretary in 2000. He was appointed Secretary to the Cabinet in 2010 and, in 2018, served as commissioner on the Tax Reform Commission.

Mr Scott is the chairman of the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s board of directors, deputy chairman of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation and a trustee of the Bermuda Public Services Union.

Mrs Snaith-Simmons qualified in Britain as a registered nurse and certified midwife, becoming a district nurse and midwife in Bermuda, then a community health nurse for the Ministry of Health in 1970. She worked at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, Lefroy House and in private practice.

She has served as chairwoman of Age Concern, president of the Sunshine Garden Club, Friends of the Bermuda Library, and researcher for the Bermuda National Trust’s Historical Homes Committee, as well as an oral history recorder for the National Museum of Bermuda.

She was a founding member of the Bermuda Nursing Home Administrators Association and a member of the negotiating team that introduced the BPSU into the nursing division of the Ministry of Health.

Mrs Snaith-Simmons was awarded the Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honour for her contribution to local culture.