Sir Frederick Seton James KCMG KBE (8 April 1870 – 13 February 1934) was a British colonial administrator.

[5] Source:[5] He joined the Colonial Service and was posted to the Niger Coast Protectorate in 1896 as Assistant District Commissioner and was in charge at Opobo and Akwete in 1897.

He settled disputes in Qua country after Central Division Expedition, 1899, received thanks of Mr Chamberlain.

He became Provincial Commissioner and Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Southern Nigeria in 1906 and was Deputy Governor in 1907 and 1908.

[6] He was returning home on the SS Appam when it was captured as a prize by the German raider SMS Möwe.