Bickham Sweet-Escott
Hay Sweet-Escott, headmaster of Somersetshire College, Bath, and Rector of Kilve, Somerset, by his wife Eliza, daughter of Rev.[8] Sweet-Escott became Governor of Fiji on 25 July 1912 and was also High Commissioner and Consul General for the West Pacific region.During World War I a German squadron under Maximilian von Spee was a day away from Fiji.Sweet-Escott wired a message to the Australian fleet, then 2000 miles away, which the Germans intercepted and von Spee was convinced that he was heading for a trap, turned away and laughed at the "fool of a governor for giving the show away".Sweet-Escott instituted the Escott Shield as a rugby trophy in 1913, which was first won by the Pacific Club.