The Seychelles - till then a French dependency - were occupied by the British
in 1810 an formally ceded to them by the Treaty of Paris in 1814, becoming a
dependency of the Colony of Mauritius.
Some degree of separation was effected in 1872 when the islands were granted
financial autonomy.
In 1897 the Administrator of the islands was endorsed with the full powers of
a Governor and in 1903 the islands were formally separated from Mauritius,
becoming a separate British Crown Colony. (1)
(1) The colony also included some other minor islands, such as
the Aldabra, the Amirantes, the Cosmoledo and the Farquhar.
With the exception of the Aldabra, these islands were mostly
without permanent population.
BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS
Chief Civil Commissioners
1868 - 1874 William Hales Franklyn (1)
1874 - 1879 Charles Spencer Salmon
1879 - 1880 Arthur Elibank Havelock 1844 - 1908
1880 - 1882 Francis Theophilus Blunt
1882 - 1888 Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly 1843 - 1890
(1) It's possible he was only styled as such after the reform
of 1872, being styled Civil Commissioner before.
Administrators
1889 - 1895 Thomas Risely Griffith
1895 - 1899 Henry Cockburn Stewart (1) 1844 - 1899
1899 - 1903 Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott 1857 - 1941
(1) With the full powers of a governor since 1897.
Governors
1903 - 1904 Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott s.a.
1904 - 1912 Walter Edward Davidson 1859 - 1923
1912 - 1918 Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien 1859 - 1935
1918 - 1922 Eustace Edward Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 1864 - 1943
1922 - 1927 Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne 1874 - 1942
1927 Sir Malcolm Stevenson 1878 - 1927
1928 - 1934 Sir de Symons Montagu George Honey 1872 - 1945
1934 - 1936 Sir Gordon James Lethem 1886 - 1962
1936 - 1942 Sir (1938) Arthur Francis Grimble 1888 - 1956
1942 - 1947 Sir (1944) William Marston Logan 1889 - 1968
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