The territory of later British Honduras was a neglected part of the Spanish
capitaincy - general of Guatemala, when in 1638 English logwoodcutters
established a settlement in the region.
In 1763, by the treaty of Paris, Spain recognised this commercial activities
in exchange for British recognition of Spanish sovereignty. In 1798 British
settlers defeated the Spanish, in this way de facto ending their domination
over the region.(1)
In the meanwhile the British zone had been steadily expanded, reaching its
present limits in 1825.
The territory, which since 1786 was a selfgoverning dependency of Jamaica,
became a Crown Colony in 1862 and was definitively separated from Jamaica in
1884.
(1) Spain never formally gave up its claims on the region and
after the end of the Spanish domination, the new successor
state of Guatemala herited this claims.
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BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant - Governors
1870 - 1874 William Wellington Cairns 1828 - 1888
1874 - 1877 Robert Miller Mundy
1877 - 1883 Frederick Palgrave Barlec
1883 - 1884 Robert William Harley
Governors
1884 - 1891 Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy 1840 - 1900
1891 - 1897 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney 1848 - 1913
1897 - 1904 Sir David Wilson 1838 - 1924
1904 - 1906 Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott 1857 - 1941
1906 - 1913 Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne 1863 - 1929
1913 - 1918 Sir Wilfred Collet 1856 - 1929
1918 William Hart Bennett 1861 - 1918
1919 - 1925 Sir Eyre Hutson 1864 - 1936
1925 - 1932 Sir John Alder Burdon 1866 - 1933
1932 - 1934 Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster 1879 - 1939
1934 - 1939 Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns 1887 - 1980
1940 - 1947 Sir John Adams Hunter 1890 - 1962
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