Donald Charles Cameron (colonial administrator)

Donald Charles Cameron
2nd Governor of Tanagnyika
In office
1925–1931
Preceded by Horace Byatt
Succeeded by George Stewart Symes
Personal details
Born 3 June 1872
British Guiana
Died 8 January 1948(1948-01-08) (aged 75)
London, United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Gertrude Gittens
Profession colonial administrator

Sir Donald Charles Cameron GCMG KBE (1872–1948) was a British colonial governor. He was the second governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika, and later the governor of Nigeria.

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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

References

  1. ^ 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. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32257?docPos=3. Retrieved 31 March 2010 
  2. ^ a b c Olson, James Stuart; Shadle, Robert (1996). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 236. ISBN 031329366X. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L-X-XYB_ZkIC&pg=PA236. 
  3. ^ Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1989). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. University of California Press. pp. 41. ISBN 0520066111. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QYoPkk04Yp4C&pg=PA41. 
  4. ^ Taylor, James Clagett (1963). The Political Development of Tanganyika. Stanford University Press. pp. 44. ISBN 0804701474. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H2qmAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Horace Byatt		 Governors of Tanganyika
1925–1931		 Succeeded by
George Stewart Symes
Preceded by
Graeme Thomson		 Governors of Nigeria
1931–1935		 Succeeded by
Bernard Henry Bourdillon