The political administration of Lagos had developed from the Gerontocratic system of governance in the pre-Olofin era to a Confederal system in the Olofin era and a Monarchical system in the Benin hegemonic period prior to the 1861 British annexation. The annexation of Lagos as a British Colony technically paved the way for the involvement of the British colonialist in the political administration of Lagos from 1861. Their involvement no doubt brought about profound variations in the existing systems of authority distribution especially with the introduction of the Crown Rule system. This paper examines the political administration of Lagos from the pre-Olofin period up to the era of British Crown rule. The paper also seeks to examine the corollary of the various alterations in the political administration of Lagos especially the introduction of the British Crown rule on the traditional class. The paper concludes that in spite of the various changes in the political administration of Lagos and the prodigious influence of the British colonialist, the traditional political class was not in any way obsolescent in the political administration of Lagos, but rather, functioned as stalwarts especially as proletarians in the political administration of Lagos. The paper adopts the historical narrative and analytical method.