Fredrick Augustus Pickering
- Fredrick Augustus Pickering
Fredrick Augustus Pickering was the first ever coloured President of the British Virgin Islands. He was also the last President of the Territory; after he stepped down in 1887, no replacement was appointed. In 1889 the office was replaced by that of Commissioner. He served from 1884 to 1887. Pickering had previously served as the President's clerk, and was a popular local figure. In the 1880s, the dissolution of the Legislative Council was only prevented by the appointment of two popular local figures, Pickering and Joseph Romney to the Council.
The appointment of Pickering occurred at a time of considerable decline in the history of the British Virgin Islands. Not long after Pickering stepped down, the Legislative Council itself was dissolved, and the legislative powers were transferred by the Colonial Office to the Federal Legislature of the Leeward Islands, in which the British Virgin Islands had no representation. The Commissioner had virtually no real power; executive authority was vested in the Governor of the Leeward Islands.
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title = President of the British Virgin Islands
before = Richard Henry Kortright Dyett
after = Office discontinued
years = 1884–1887
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