Bickham Sweet-Escott
Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott KCMG (20 August 1857 – 9 April 1941) was a British colonial administrator who was in turn governor of the British Seychelles, British Honduras, British Leeward Islands and British Fiji.
Sir Bickham Sweet-Escott KCMG | |
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Sweet-Escott in 1924 | |
| 3rd Administrator of the Seychelles | |
| In office August 1899 – November 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Cockburn Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Governor) |
| 1st Governor of the Seychelles | |
| In office November 1903 – 1904 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Administrator) |
| Succeeded by | Walter Edward Davidson |
| 4th Governor of British Honduras | |
| In office 15 April 1904 – 1906 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Preceded by | David Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Eric John Eagles Swayne |
| 34th Governor of the Leeward Islands | |
| In office 1906–1912 | |
| Preceded by | Clement Courtenay Knollys |
| Succeeded by | Henry Hesketh Bell |
| 9th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
| In office 25 July 1912 – 10 October 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Henry May |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
| 10th Governor of Fiji | |
| In office 25 July 1912 – 10 October 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Henry May |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1857 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 9 April 1941 (aged 83) Worthing, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Jane Hunt, Lady Sweet-Escott
(m. 1881) |
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