Seymour, Frederick

SEYMOUR, Frederick, governor of BC 1864–69 (b 6 Sept 1820, Belfast, Ireland; d 10 June 1869, Bella Coola). After serving 16 years as a colonial administrator in the West Indies, he arrived at NEW WESTMINSTER in 1864 to take up his position as governor of the mainland colony (see COLONIAL GOVERNMENT). The following year he returned to London to be married; in 1866, when VANCOUVER ISLAND joined the mainland, he returned as the new governor of the united colony. On the issue of whether to join...

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