Donald Charles Cameron (colonial administrator)
Sir Donald Charles Cameron GCMG KBE | |
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 Cameron in 1932 by Walter Stoneman | |
| Governor of Tanganyika | |
| In office 1925–1931 | |
| Preceded by | Horace Byatt |
| Succeeded by | George Stewart Symes |
| 4th Governor of Nigeria | |
| In office 1931–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Graeme Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Henry Bourdillon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 June 1872 Georgetown, British Guiana |
| Died | 8 January 1948 (aged 75) London, United Kingdom |
| Profession | colonial administrator |
Sir Donald Charles Cameron, GCMG, KBE (3 June 1872 – 8 January 1948) was a British colonial governor. He was the second governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika, and later the governor of Nigeria.
Biography[]
Cameron was born 3 June 1872 in British Guiana (now Guyana), the son of a sugar planter called Donald Charles Cameron and Mary Emily (née Brassington).[1] He went to Rathmines School in Dublin, and never attended university.[1] In 1890, he returned to British Guiana and began work as a clerk in the Inland Revenue department of the civil service.[2] In 1904, Cameron travelled to Mauritius as assistant Colonial Secretary under Sir Cavendish Boyle.[1] He moved to Southern Nigeria in 1908 and was central secretary under Sir Frederick Lugard.[2] He became influenced by Lugard's ideas of indirect rule.[3]
In April 1925, Cameron became the second governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika, taking over from John Scott, who was acting governor for Sir Horace Byatt.[4] From 1931 to 1935 he was governor and commander-in-chief of Nigeria.[1]
Personal life[]
In 1903, Cameron married Gertrude Gittens, the daughter of a sugar planter in Barbados. They had one son who died in an aircraft accident at sea in 1941. Donald Cameron retired in 1935 and died 8 January 1948 in London, aged 75.[2]
Bibliography[]
- Cameron, Donald (1931). Principles of Native Administration and their Application. Government Printer.
- Cameron, Donald (1939). My Tanganyika Service and Some Nigeria. G.Allen and Unwin.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Furley, Oliver (2004). "Cameron, Sir Donald Charles (1872–1948)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32257. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Olson, James Stuart; Shadle, Robert (1996). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 236. ISBN 0-313-29366-X.
- ^ Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1989). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. University of California Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-520-06611-1.
- ^ Taylor, James Clagett (1963). The Political Development of Tanganyika. Stanford University Press. pp. 44. ISBN 0-8047-0147-4.
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