McWelling Todman

McWelling "Mac" Todman, CBE QC (25 December 1923 - 7 March 1996) was a civil servant and lawyer from the British Virgin Islands who played an important role in the early political history of the Territory.

Todman played in active role in supporting the right of the British Virgin Islands for political self-determination.

He famously described the constitutional reforms which led to the 1950 general election as "an instrument minimal in its intent and its effect".

[1] In 1967 he travelled to London and trained as a barrister at Gray's Inn, becoming the first Belonger from the British Virgin Islands to be called as a lawyer.

"[4] In 1981 in the early days of the British Virgin Islands financial services industry, other than the Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Lavity Stoutt, Mac Todman was the only native-born member of the delegation sent by the Territory to negotiate with the United States in relation to the proposed cancellation of the double tax treaty between the two countries.