Eyre Hutson (colonial administrator) explained

Sir Eyre Hutson
Order:Acting
Office:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Term Start:1915
Term End:1916
Predecessor:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Successor:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Order1:Acting
Office1:Governor of Fiji
Monarch1:George V
Term Start1:1915
Term End1:1916
Predecessor1:Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott
Successor1:Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott
Order2:8th
Office2:Governor of British Honduras
Monarch2:George V
Term Start2:1918
Term End2:1925
Predecessor2:William Hart-Bennett
Successor2:John Burdon
Order3:Acting
Office3:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Monarch3:George V
Term Start3:1919
Term End3:1919
Predecessor3:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Successor3:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Order4:Acting
Office4:Governor of Fiji
Monarch4:George V
Term Start4:1919
Term End4:1919
Predecessor4:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Successor4:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Order5:13th
Office5:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Monarch5:George V
Term Start5:1925
Term End5:1929
Predecessor5:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Successor5:Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
Order6:12th
Office6:Governor of Fiji
Monarch6:George V
Term Start6:1925
Term End6:1929
Predecessor6:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
Successor6:Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
Birth Date:25 August 1864
Death Place:East Grinstead, Sussex, England
Occupation:Colonial administrator

Sir Eyre Hutson (25 August 1864  - 14 September 1936) was an English colonial administrator who became Governor of British Honduras and later Governor of Fiji.

Biography

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. 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.

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.