Boswell Williams

{{Short description|Saint Lucian politician (1926–2014)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Boswell Williams

|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|list=GCSL}}

|image =

|order = 2nd

|office = Governor-General of Saint Lucia

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|primeminister =

|term_start = June 19, 1980

|term_end = December 12, 1982

|predecessor = Allen Montgomery Lewis

|successor = Allen Montgomery Lewis

|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|16|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|7|20|1926|5|16}}

|death_place = Sans Soucis, Castries, St. Lucia

|alma_mater =

}}

Boswell Bennie Williams (May 16, 1926 – July 20, 2014) was a Saint Lucian politician who represented the district of Vieux Fort in the legislature from 1974 to 1979.{{cite web |url=http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/former-governor-general-laid-to-rest/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210442/http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/former-governor-general-laid-to-rest/ |archive-date=2014-08-12 |title=Former governor general laid to rest {{!}} St. Lucia News Online}}

He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II of Saint Lucia as governor-general on June 19, 1980,{{cite book|last1=43rd|first1=Ed 2002|last2=Limited|first2=Europa Publications|title=The Europa world year book|quote=In February 1980 a new Governor-General, Boswell Williams, was appointed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFEQAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 April 2011|date=2003-07-10|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|isbn=978-1-85743-197-1|page=3536}}{{cite book|last=Calvert|first=Peter|title=Political and economic encyclopaedia of South America and the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0cUAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=1 April 2011|year=1991|publisher=Longman Group|isbn=978-0-582-08528-2|page=302}} replacing Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis, father of the former prime minister Vaughan Lewis. He was initially acting governor general, becoming governor general in December 1981. Williams had to confront the most serious constitutional crisis in the history of Saint Lucia soon after the rejection of Prime Minister Allan Louisy's budget proposal. He was removed from office by the Queen on the advice of Louisy with effect from December 12, 1982.{{cite book |last1=Twomey |first1=Anne |title=The Veiled Sceptre: Reserve Powers of Heads of State in Westminster Systems |date=2018 |isbn=9781107297845 |page=794 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7pQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1982 |access-date=9 May 2022}}

Williams died at his home in Sans Soucis on July 20, 2014, at the age of 88.{{cite web|url=http://stluciatimes.com/article/former-governor-general-dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140723234000/http://stluciatimes.com/article/former-governor-general-dead|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 23, 2014|title=Former Governor General is Dead|publisher=St. Lucia Times|date=July 20, 2014|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}