Eyre Hutson (colonial administrator)
Eyre Hutson KCMG | |
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Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office 1915–1916 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Succeeded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Acting Governor of Fiji | |
In office 1915–1916 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott |
Succeeded by | Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott |
8th Governor of British Honduras | |
In office 1918–1925 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | William Hart-Bennett |
Succeeded by | John Burdon |
Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office 1919–1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Succeeded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Acting Governor of Fiji | |
In office 1919–1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Succeeded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
13th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office 1925–1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Succeeded by | Arthur George Murchison Fletcher |
12th Governor of Fiji | |
In office 1925–1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
Succeeded by | Arthur George Murchison Fletcher |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 August 1864 |
Died | 14 September 1936 East Grinstead, Sussex, England | (aged 72)
Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Sir Eyre Hutson KCMG (25 August 1864 – 14 September 1936) was an English colonial administrator who became Governor of British Honduras and later Governor of Fiji.[1]
Hutson was born on 25 August 1864 and in 1885 entered the colonial service. After serving in Barbados, Mauritius, British Guiana and Jamaica he was appointed colonial secretary in Bermuda in July 1901.[2] In 1908 he transferred to Fiji as colonial secretary and between 1915 and 1916 and again in 1919 he was Acting Governor of Fiji and Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.[1]
In 1918 he became the Governor of British Honduras until 1924 when he moved back to Fiji as governor. He retired from the colonial service in 1929. He died aged 72 at East Grinstead, Sussex on 14 September 1936 after a short illness.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Sir Eyre Hutson". Obituaries. The Times (47481). London. 16 September 1936. col C, p. 14.
- ^ "No. 27329". The London Gazette. 2 July 1901. p. 4399.
- 1864 births
- 1936 deaths
- Governors of British Honduras
- Governors of Fiji
- Members of the Legislative Council of Fiji
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- High Commissioners for the Western Pacific
- People from East Grinstead
- Colonial Secretaries of Fiji
- Colonial Secretaries of Bermuda