Cuthbert Sebastian

Cuthbert Sebastian
His Excellency
Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
GCMG OBE KStJ
Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 1996
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Preceded by Clement Arrindell
Personal details
Born 22 October 1921 (1921-10-22) (age 90)
Alma mater Mount Allison University
Dalhousie University
Profession Obstetrician and gynaecologist

Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian, GCMG, OBE (born 22 October 1921), is the Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis.[1] He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996.

Sebastian is the only surviving son of Joseph Matthew Sebastian, who was a Member of the Legislative and Executive Councils of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla until his death in 1944, and Inez Veronica Sebastian (née Hodge). He studied at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, where he obtained a BSc degree. He entered Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he studied medicine and graduated, in 1958, with a MDCM degree to become a surgeon.

He has served in St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla as pupil teacher, learner/dispenser, chemist and druggist, laboratory technician, senior dispenser, Medical Superintendent and obstetrician-gynaecologist. He was Chief Medical Officer of St. Kitts and Nevis from 1980 to 1983. During the period 1962 – 1966, he pursued training at the Dundee Royal Infirmary, Scotland in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Sebastian was a rear gunner during World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force, voluntary Captain in the Scottish Army, local physician to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles), when His Highness visited St. Kitts in 1973 (the Prince of Wales visited the island to open the newly-restored Prince of Wales Bastion, 1 June). In addition, he was ADC to the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Premier, Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, when Bradshaw went to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of Her Majesty’s 25th year on the Throne.

In 1969, Sebastian received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Queen Elizabeth II. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1996. Dalhousie University honoured him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, in 1998, and in 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Mount Allison University. On 5 July 2002, he received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of Edinburgh in Scotland, for his outstanding career and service to humanity in the field of medicine. Prior to Edinburgh, he received an FRCS in London. In 2005 the College of Arms granted him his personal Coat of Arms.

See also

  • List of national leaders

References

  1. ^ "Saint Kitts and Nevis". World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sc.html. Retrieved 22 February 2010. 
  • Meet My Father: A Short Walk Through the Life of Joseph Matthew Sebastian. Elise Sebastian Marthol. Published July 7 1993.
  • Profiles in People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Roger East. Richard Thomas.
  • St. Kitts Inaugural Programme. January 1 1996.
  • The Rotarian. April 1996.

Further reading

  • McColman, Dorette:The Sebastians – A Family Portrait April 2000.
Government offices
Preceded by
Clement Arrindell
Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
1996–present
Incumbent

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