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His Excellency Sir 'Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian', GCMG, OBE, MDCM (born October 22, 1921) is the Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on January 1 1996. Sir Cuthbert was knighted with the Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1996.
Sir Cuthbert Sebastian is the only surviving son of the late Honourable Joseph Matthew Sebastian (Member of the Legislative and Executive Councils of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, until his death in 1944) and the late Mrs. Inez Veronica Sebastian (nee Hodge).
He studied at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree. He entered Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he studied medicine and graduated, in 1958, with a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery 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, Sir Cuthbert pursued training at the Dundee Royal Infirmary, Scotland in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
He 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, 1st June). In addition, Sir Cuthbert was ADC to the then Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Premier, Robert L. Bradshaw, when Bradshaw went to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of Her Majesty’s 25th year on the Throne.
In 1969, Sir Cuthbert received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Dalhousie University honoured him with an honorary degree in 1998, and in 2005 he received an honorary doctorate degree from Mount Allision University.
On July 5, 2002, Sir Cuthbert 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.
In 2005 the College of Arms bestowed on Sir Cuthbert his personal Coat of Arms.
See also: List of national leaders.