Charles Lees (colonial administrator)
Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.
He was the son of John Campbell Lees, former Chief Justice of the Bahamas.[1]
He was originally commissioned into 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 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
- London Evening Standard. No. 23115. 29 July 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ben Cahoon. "Mauritius". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Marriages". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8656. 15 October 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Brompton voyage spectacle shopping ordinateur at brompton.org". brompton.org. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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