Tapley Seaton obituary

Tapley Seaton obituary – Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton best known by the dual name Tapley Seaton who was the fourth governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2023 has died. Seaton was born on 28 July 1950 and died on 29 June 2023. He died at age 72, five months after leaving office.

He was born in Saint Kitts to William A. Seaton and Pearl Seaton and received his primary and secondary education from Epworth Junior School, Basseterre High School, and St. Kitts-Nevis Grammar School.

He attended The University of West Indies in Jamaica and received a Bachelor of Laws degree, a moment that set forth his legal career.

He continued further studies with the Council of Legal Education (at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad, and the Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica), where he gained his Legal Education Certificate, and the University of Bordeaux in France, where he completed a Diploma in French.

Seaton joined the St. Kitts-Nevis Judicial Service and served as registrar of the Supreme Court, provost marshal, and acting additional magistrate. In 1975, Seaton served as crown counsel for the Attorney General’s Chambers and worked as the High Court Registrar. In 1980, he took on the St. Kitts-Nevis Attorney General role, serving until 1995. In 1988, he was appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsels (Queen’s Counsel) in 1988.

Seaton became acting governor-general after the ouster of his predecessor Sir Edmund Wickham Lawrence on 20 May 2015. On 1 September 2015, he was officially appointed governor-general by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Prime Minister Timothy Harris.

As of the time of writing, there was no information about his wife or children, therefore it is uncertain who survives him.

Source: abtc.ng