Donald Charles Cameron (colonial administrator)

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Sir Donald Charles Cameron
GCMG KBE
2nd Governor of Tanganyika
In office
1925–1931
Preceded by Horace Byatt
Succeeded by George Stewart Symes
Personal details
Born 3 June 1872
British Guiana
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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.

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]

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Government offices
Preceded by Governors of Tanganyika
1925–1931		 Succeeded by
George Stewart Symes
Preceded by Governors of Nigeria
1931–1935		 Succeeded by
Bernard Henry Bourdillon
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