High Commissioner ofBritish Western Pacific Territories
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Style	HisExcellencyThe Right Honourable
Residence	Suva,Fiji (1877–1952) Honiara,British Solomon Islands (1953–1976)
Appointer	King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Formation	13 August 1877
First holder	SirArthur Hamilton-Gordon
Final holder	SirDonald Luddington
Abolished	2 January 1976

Thehigh commissioner for the Western Pacific was the chief executive officer of theBritish Western Pacific Territories, a Britishcolonial entity, which existed from 1877 until 1976. Numerous colonial possessions were attached to the Territories at different times, the most durable constituent colonies beingFiji (1877—1952) and theSolomon Islands (1893—1976).^[1]

The office of high commissioner never existed independently, but was always filledex officio by the Governor of one of the constitutive British islands colonies. The high commissioners were concurrentlyGovernor of Fiji from 1877 to the end of 1952, although the office was suspended from 1942 to 1945, with most of the islands under British military rule and others, namely the Solomon Islands,Gilbert Islands andPhoenix Islands, underJapanese occupation. From 1 January 1953 to 1976, when the office was abolished, thegovernor of the Solomon Islands doubled as high commissioner. On 1 January 1972, theGilbert and Ellice Islands were taken off with their own governor. On 2 January 1976 after nearly all had been given separate statehood, the office of high commissioner and the entity of the Pacific Territories were abolished.

They administered fromSuva andHoniara, respectively.

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Monarch	Concurrent office
			Took office	Left office
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
1.	SirArthur Hamilton-Gordon		13 August 1877	1880	Victoria	Governor of Fiji
2.	SirWilliam Des Vœux		20 December 1880	21 January 1885	Victoria	Governor of Fiji
	John Bates Thurston Acting		21 January 1885	1 January 1887	Victoria	Governor of Fiji (acting)
3.	SirCharles Mitchell		1 January 1887	February 1888	Victoria	Governor of Fiji
4.	SirJohn Bates Thurston		February 1888	7 February 1897	Victoria	Governor of Fiji
5.	SirGeorge T. M. O'Brien		March 1897	1901	Victoria	Governor of Fiji
	SirWilliam Allardyce Acting		1901	10 September 1902	Edward VII	Governor of Fiji (acting)
6.	SirHenry Jackson		10 September 1902	11 October 1904	Edward VII	Governor of Fiji
7.	SirEverard im Thurn		11 October 1904	1910	Edward VII	Governor of Fiji
	SirCharles Major Acting		1910	21 February 1911	Edward VII George V	Governor of Fiji (acting)
8.	SirFrancis May		21 February 1911	25 July 1912	George V	Governor of Fiji
9.	SirErnest Sweet-Escott		25 July 1912	10 October 1918	George V	Governor of Fiji
	SirEyre Hutson Acting for Sweet-Escott		1915	1916	George V	Governor of Fiji (acting)
10.	Cecil Hunter-Rodwell		10 October 1918	25 April 1925	George V	Governor of Fiji
	SirEyre Hutson Acting for Hunter-Rodwell		1919	1919	George V	Governor of Fiji (acting)
11.	SirEyre Hutson		25 April 1925	22 November 1929	George V	Governor of Fiji
12.	SirArthur Fletcher		22 November 1929	May 1936	George V Edward VIII	Governor of Fiji
	SirCecil Barton Acting		May 1936	November 1936	Edward VIII	Governor of Fiji (acting)
13.	SirArthur Richards		28 November 1936	August 1938	Edward VIII George VI	Governor of Fiji
	SirCecil Barton Acting		August 1938	September 1938	George VI	Governor of Fiji (acting)
14.	SirHarry Luke		16 September 1938	1942	George VI	Governor of Fiji
	Office suspended		1942	1945
15.	SirAlexander Grantham		1945	21 March 1947	George VI	Governor of Fiji
	SirJohn Nicoll Acting		21 March 1947	8 October 1947	George VI	Governor of Fiji (acting)
16.	SirBrian Freeston		8 October 1947	3 July 1952	George VI Elizabeth II	Governor of Fiji
17.	SirRobert Stanley		3 July 1952	July 1955	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands (From 1 January 1953)
18.	SirJohn Gutch		1955	4 March 1961	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands
19.	SirDavid Trench		4 March 1961	16 June 1964	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands
20.	SirRobert Sidney Foster		16 June 1964	6 March 1969	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands
21.	SirMichael Gass		6 March 1969	1973	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands
22.	SirDonald Luddington		10 October 1973	2 January 1976	Elizabeth II	Governor of the Solomon Islands

• WorldStatesmen
• Deryck Scarr,Fragments of Empire. A History of the Western Pacific High Commission. 1877–1914, Canberra: Australian National University Press & London: C. Hurst & Co., 1967.
• McIntyre, William David. "Disraeli's colonial policy: The creation of the Western Pacific High Commission, 1874–1877."Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand Volume 9, Issue 35 (1960): 279–294.

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