Bickham Sweet-Escott

Bickham Sweet-Escott
Sweet-Escott in 1924
3rd Administrator of the Seychelles
In office
August 1899 – November 1903
Preceded byHenry Cockburn Stewart
Succeeded byHimself (as Governor)
1st Governor of the Seychelles
In office
November 1903 – 1904
MonarchEdward VII
Preceded byHimself (as Administrator)
Succeeded byWalter Edward Davidson
4th Governor of British Honduras
In office
15 April 1904 – 1906
MonarchEdward VII
Preceded byDavid Wilson
Succeeded byEric John Eagles Swayne
34th Governor of the Leeward Islands
In office
1906–1912
Preceded byClement Courtenay Knollys
Succeeded byHenry Hesketh Bell
9th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
25 July 1912 – 10 October 1918
Preceded byFrancis Henry May
Succeeded byCecil Hunter-Rodwell
10th Governor of Fiji
In office
25 July 1912 – 10 October 1918
Preceded byFrancis Henry May
Succeeded byCecil Hunter-Rodwell
Personal details
Born(1857-08-20)20 August 1857
Bath, Somerset, England
Died9 April 1941(1941-04-09) (aged 83)
Worthing,[1] England
Spouse(s)
Mary Jane Hunt, Lady Sweet-Escott
(m. 1881)

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.

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 April 2023.