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Charles Cameron Lees (colonial administrator)

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Sir Charles Cameron Lees
Governor of British Guiana
In office
1893–1895
Governor of Mauritius
In office
1889–1892
Governor of the Leeward Islands
In office
1884–1885
Governor of the Bahamas
Governor of Labuan

Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

He was the son of John Campbell Lees, former Chief Justice of the Bahamas.[1]

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

He was originally commissioned into the 1st West India Regiment, but transferred to the 76th Foot in 1854, was promoted lieutenant, and transferred to the 23rd Foot as adjutant in 1858. He resigned as adjutant in 1864 and retired in 1866, becoming adjutant of the 3rd Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers later that year.

Lees was acting governor of the Gold Coast in 1874, 1876 and 1878–79, Governor of Labuan 1879-1881, Governor of the Bahamas from 1881 to 1884, and Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1884 to 1885. He was 16th Governor of Mauritius from 21 December 1889 to 12 March 1892[2] and was Governor of British Guiana from 1893 to 1895.

In 1875, he married Maria Ledwell Nugent daughter of Sir Oliver Nugent of Antigua.[3] Lees is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary". London Evening Standard. No. 23115. 29 July 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Ben Cahoon. "Mauritius". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Marriages". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8656. 15 October 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Brompton voyage spectacle shopping ordinateur at brompton.org". brompton.org. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Gold Coast, acting
1874
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of the Gold Coast, acting
1876
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of the Gold Coast, acting
1878–1879
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of the Bahamas
1881–1884
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of the Leeward Islands
1884–1885
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Barbados
1885–1889
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Mauritius
1889–1892
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of British Guiana
1893–1895
Succeeded by