Charles Cameron Lees (colonial administrator)

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

Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG
Governor of British Guiana
In office 1893–1895
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Charles Bruce
Succeeded by	Cavendish Boyle
Personal details
Born	(1837-03-11)11 March 1837
Died	26 July 1898(1898-07-26) (aged 61)
Resting place	Brompton Cemetery, London, England
Spouse	Maria Ledwell Nugent ​ ​ (m. 1875)​
Parent	John Campbell Lees
Profession	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

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 James Maxwell	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1874	Succeeded by George Strahan
Preceded by George Strahan	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1876	Succeeded by Sanford Freeling
Preceded by Sanford Freeling	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1878–1879	Succeeded by Herbert Taylor Ussher
Preceded by Herbert Taylor Ussher	Governor of Labuan 1879–1881	Succeeded by Peter Leys (acting)
Preceded by Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan	Governor of the Bahamas 1881–1884	Succeeded by Sir Henry Arthur Blake
Preceded by John Hawley Glover	Governor of the Leeward Islands 1884–1885	Succeeded by Charles Monroe Eldridge
Preceded by William Robinson	Governor of Barbados 1885–1889	Succeeded by Sir Walter Joseph Sendall
Preceded by Sir John Pope Hennessy	Governor of Mauritius 1889–1892	Succeeded by Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
Preceded by Sir Charles Bruce	Governor of British Guiana 1893–1895	Succeeded by Charles Cavendish Boyle