Lavity Stoutt
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The Honourable H. Lavity Stoutt |
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| Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands | |
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In office 14 April 1967 – 2 June 1971 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir Ian Thomson |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Willard Wheatley |
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In office 12 November 1979 – 11 November 1983 |
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| Governor | James Alfred Davidson, David Robert Barwick |
| Preceded by | Willard Wheatley |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Romney |
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In office 17 November 1986 – 14 May 1995 |
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| Governor | Mark Herdman, Peter Penfold |
| Preceded by | Cyril Romney |
| Succeeded by | Ralph T. O'Neal |
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7 March 1929 Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
| Died | 14 May 1995 (aged 66) Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
| Political party | United Party, Virgin Islands Party |
Hamilton Lavity Stoutt (7 March 1929 – 14 May 1995) was the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, winning five general elections (1967, 1979, 1986, 1991 and 1995) and serving three non-consecutive terms of office from 1967 to 1971, again from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1986 until his death in 1995. He also served as a parliamentarian in the Legislative Council from 1957 until 1967 prior to the adoption of the 1967 constitution, and at the time of his death was thought to be the longest serving Parliamentarian in the Caribbean. He was a founder of and the leader of the United Party, but after splitting from the party in 1971 went on to found the Virgin Islands Party.
Since Stoutt's death in 1995, a public holiday has been declared annually in his memory on his birthday, 7 March.
The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola bears his name. Stoutt himself left school after his primary school education, and obituary writers have suggested that it was his own lack of a formal education which so strongly inspired him to create and promote opportunities for BVIslanders to further their own educations.
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