Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton

Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton , GCMG CVO QC JP (born July 28, 1950 ) is a St. Kitts and Nevis politician and the fourth Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis .

Life

Seaton was born on Saint Kitts . His parents were William A. Seaton and his wife, Pearl A. Seaton, nee Godwin.

education

Seaton received his education at Epworth Junior School, Basseterre High School, and St. Kitts-Nevis Grammar School. He then moved to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica , where he earned a Bachelor of Laws. He undertook further studies at the Council of Legal Education (England) and at the University of Bordeaux in France .

Career

Seaton began his civil servant career in the St. Kitts-Nevis Judicial Service, where he served as Registrar of the Supreme Court, Provost Marshal and Additional Magistrate. In 1975 he served as Crown Counsel for the Chamber of Attorney General and served as Registrar of the High Court. In 1980 he became St. Kitts-Nevis Attorney General himself, an office which he held until 1995. In 1988 he was named Her Majesty's Counsel . On October 23, 1985 he received the honor of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). On November 9th, 2015, he was ennobled as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG) and has been addressed as "Sir" ever since.

In addition to his official positions, Seaton served in a number of honorary offices (Boards, National Committees & Organizations). Among other things, he was Director of SSMC, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and the Frigate Bay Development Corporation; President of the St. Christopher Heritage Society (The St. Christopher National Trust), the St. Kitts-Nevis Bar Association, and the OECS Bar Association, and Vice President of the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society and the St. Christopher National Trust; Chairman of Cable & Wireless (formerly SCANTEL).

He came to the position of Acting Governor-General after the overthrow of his predecessor Edmund Wickham Lawrence on May 20, 2015. On September 1, 2015, he was appointed Governor General by Queen Elizabeth II on the proposal of Prime Minister Timothy Harris .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, CVO, QC, JP Officially Named as Governor General of Saint Christopher and Nevis. CNN iReport.
2. ^ The London Gazette. November 29, 1985. Iss. 50333 p. 16780.
3. ↑ London Gazette. Honors and Awards Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.
4. ^ Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, CVO, QC, JP Officially Named as Governor General of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
5. ^ SW Tapley Seaton Appointed As Governor General :: The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com. 

predecessor	Office	successor
Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis 2015–