Robert Barritt

Robert Vaughan Barritt ( – June 21, 2015) was a Bermudian artist, painter and politician. He served in the House of Assembly of Bermuda from 1985 to 1989 representing Pembroke East Central, marking the only time that the United Bermuda Party (UBP) held that particular constituency. Barritt held the post of Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs during his tenure in the House of Assembly. Barritt was later appointed to the Senate of Bermuda as a member of the UBP.

Biography Barritt attended MSA and the Saltus Grammar School in Hamilton, Bermuda. The election marked the first, and only, time that the UBP held the Pembroke East Central seats in the House of Assembly. He was later appointed as a UBP member of the Senate of Bermuda.

Robert Barritt donated three of his paintings to the Bermuda National Gallery. His three works gifted to the National Gallery were ; Theatre Boycott, Upstairs Right (1959), Two Weeks Before Christmas and Government House (1960), and Descent from the Cross (1961). When describing his paintings in 2008, Barritt said, "I'm a painter of the three R's. Not reading, writing and arithmetic. Rum, race and religion." Gary Phillips, Chairman of the Bermuda National Gallery, has described Barritt's as imbued with a "sense of 'equality, tolerance and peace'."

Robert Vaughn Barritt died on June 21, 2015, at the age of 88. He was predeceased by his late wife, Grace Elizabeth Barritt. Premier of Bermuda Michael Dunkley and former Premier John Swan paid tribute to Barritt following his death.