Sir Eyre Hutson (25 August 1864 – 14 September 1936) was an English colonial administrator who became

Governor of British Honduras Belize Advertiser, 1839/41 This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor o ...

and later

Governor of Fiji Fiji was a British Crown colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the head of state was the British monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised loca ...

. 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

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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutson, Eyre 1864 births 1936 deaths Governors of British Honduras Governors of Fiji Members of the Legislative Council of Fiji Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George High Commissioners for the Western Pacific People from East Grinstead Colonial Secretaries of Fiji Colonial Secretaries of Bermuda