Caleb Azariah Paul Southwell (18 July 1913 – 18 May 1979) was the second Premier and first Chief Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean.

At 13 years of age, Southwell became a teacher and later joined the Leeward Islands Police Force in 1938.

[1] He served in Antigua, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla until he retired from the force in 1944.

Southwell died of a heart disease on 18 May 1979, less than one year after becoming Premier, in Castries, Saint Lucia.

The death occurred during a meeting of the West Indies Associated States Council of Ministers.