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Frederick Seymour (born Belfast , Ireland , 6 September 1820 – died Bella Coola , British Columbia 10 June 1869 ) was a Colonial Administrator . He served as the second Governor of the Colony Of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866 , and the first governor of the United Colonies Of Vancouver Island And British Columbia from 1866 to 1869 . Seymour was the son of Henry Augustus Seymour, who was himself the illegitimate son of , Antigua , Nevis , British Honduras , and the Bay Islands . In 1864, Seymour attained the apogee of his colonial career as successor to Sir James Douglas as Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. He inherited an administration deeply in debt, and a restless population of British colonists, demanding Responsible Government . Seymour continued with his predecessor's project of building wagon roads into the Gold Mining districts of the Cariboo , and helped put down a First Nations insurrection at Bute Inlet . He was, however, resistant to pressure to amalgamate British Columbia with the Colony Of Vancouver Island in order to help consolidate the revenue and debts of the two colonies and reduce administration costs. Eventually he relented, and the colonies were united in 1866. Seymour was named governor of the United Colonies . The next three years were unhappy ones for Seymour, as he battled a succession of illnesses, and faced an increasingly restless population. After the Canadian Confederation in 1867 , sentiment turned strongly towards the colony seeking admission as a Province of Canada . Seymour was lukewarm to the proposal, but regained much of the goodwill he had lost by successfully improving both the economy and infrastructure of the colony, culminating in the construction of a Graving Dock at Esquimalt . His term slated to end in 1869, Seymour made one last journey as governor to the Nass River , on the northwest coast of the colony, to mediate a dispute between First Nations tribes. While returning, he became ill with Dysentary and died at Bella Coola . PLACES NAMED FOR SEYMOUR
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