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Sir Edward John Cameron, KCMG (14 May 1858 – 20 July 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Gambia from February 1914 to 1920.[2]
Sir Edward John Cameron | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Leamington, Warwickshire, England | 14 May 1858
Died | 20 July 1947 89)[1] Bath, Somerset, England | (aged
Nationality | British subject |
Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Born 14 May 1858, Cameron was the third son of John Charles Cameron MD, deputy surgeon-general of the British army, and Julia Elizabeth Mooyaart, daughter of James Mooyaart, auditor-general, Ceylon.[3] Cameron was educated at Shrewsbury School and Clifton College,[4] before entering Merton College, Oxford on 24 May 1877.[3][5] On 12 April 1887 he married Eva Selwyn Isaacs (1858–1944), daughter of Australian barrister and politician Robert Macintosh Isaacs.[6][7]
Commissioner of the Virgin Islands and member of the executive and legislative councils of the Leeward Islands from February 1887 to 1893.[8] Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1893 to 1899.[9][10] Administrator of Saint Vincent from May 1901 to March 1909.[11] Acting Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands from June 1909 to October 1909.[11] Commissioner of Saint Lucia from 11 March 1909 to 1914.[12] Governor of the Gambia from 11 April 1914 until his retirement in July 1920.[13] During his time in the Gambia, he instigated the first colonial investigation into the behaviour of Travelling Commissioner J K McCallum and his relationship with Fatou Khan.[14]
Knighted CMG 30 June 1905 and KCMG 5 June 1916.
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