Hamilton Lavity Stoutt

H. Lavity Stoutt
Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
In office
14 April 1967 – 2 June 1971
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Ian Thomson
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byWillard Wheatley
In office
12 November 1979 – 11 November 1983
GovernorJames Alfred Davidson, David Robert Barwick
Preceded byWillard Wheatley
Succeeded byCyril Romney
In office
17 November 1986 – 14 May 1995
GovernorMark Herdman, Peter Penfold
Preceded byCyril Romney
Succeeded byRalph T. O'Neal
Personal details
Born(1929-03-07)7 March 1929
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Died14 May 1995(1995-05-14) (aged 66)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Political partyUnited Party
Virgin Islands Party
Spouse
(m. 1956)

Hamilton Lavity Stoutt (7 March 1929 – 14 May 1995) was a British Virgin Islander politician and the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands. He won five general elections (1967, 1979, 1986, 1990 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.