Background
Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Ireland, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated in 1901.
Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Ireland, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated in 1901.
Trinity College.
He served as the Governor of Cyprus and later as the Governor of the Seychelles. He entered the Ceylon Civil Service in that year, rising to Second Assistant Colonial Secretary in May 1911. From December 1912 to October 1913 he was seconded to the Colonial Office in London, but then returned to Ceylon as private secretary to Governor Sir Robert Chalmers.
In May 1917, Stevenson was appointed Chief Secretary of Cyprus, in which post he administered the government from November 1918 to August 1920, when he was appointed High Commissioner.
In May 1925, when Cyprus was given the status of a Crown Colony, he became the first Governor, holding the post until November 1926. In May 1927 he was appointed Governor of the Seychelles, but died suddenly just six months later.
He died on 27 November 1927 in the Seychelles.