Hardinge Hay Cameron
H. H. Cameron | |
|---|---|
| 19th Treasurer of Ceylon | |
| In office 11 June 1901 – 1904 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick |
| Succeeded by | Hilgrove Clement Nicolle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hardinge Hay Cameron 5 August 1846 Calcutta, Bengal, India |
| Died | 16 September 1911 (aged 65) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Katherine Anne Mackintosh McLeod
(m. 1879; died 1880)Adeline Annie Blake (m. 1884) |
| Profession | Colonial administrator |
Hardinge Hay Cameron CCS, JP, FRCI (5 August 1846 - 16 September 1911) was the nineteenth Treasurer of Ceylon (1901-1904), and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council, under the Ridgeway, and Blake administrations. He also served as the Mayor/Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council (1887-1893).
Early life and schooling
Hardinge Hay Cameron was born on 5 August 1846 in Chowringhee, Calcutta, Bengal Province, India, the third son and fourth child of Charles Hay Cameron, British jurist, and Julia Margaret née Pattle, British photographer.[1][2] He was baptised at Fort William, Bengal, on 26 August 1846.
He studied at the Charterhouse School, matriculating on 14 October 1865, at the age of nineteen.[3] He then enrolled at University College, Oxford.[4]
Career
In 1868 he joined the
Between 1887 and 1901 he served as the Mayor/Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council.[7]
On 11 June 1901 Cameron was appointed as Treasurer of Ceylon and Commissioner of Stamps.[8] When he retired as Treasurer in 1904 he returned to England to complete his university studies,[9] which he did so in 1908.[10]
Personal life
Cameron married Katherine Anne Mackintosh McLeod (1858-1880), daughter of Rev. Norman McLeod and Catherine Anne née MacKintosh, on 20 September 1879 in Colombo, Ceylon.[2] She died just over a year later on 27 December 1880 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon.[11]
Cameron married Adeline Annie Blake (1862-1947), daughter of Colonel George Pilkington Blake and Adeline née King, on 2 December 1884 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.[2] They had no children.[12]
Cameron died on 16 September 1911, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England aged 65.[2] He is buried in the city's cemetery.[9]
See also
- Cameron, Julia Margaret, Cameron, C. H., Cameron, Hardinge Hay, Cameron, Kitty Macleod, Cameron, Adeline A. Blake, Herschel, John F. W., and Taylor, Henry. Julia Margaret Cameron Family Papers, Ca. 1800-1940. (1800).
References
- ISBN 9789812047786.
- ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
- ^ Charterhouse School (1879). Parish, William Douglas (ed.). List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879. Farncombe. p. 39.
- ^ University of Oxford (1888). Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Vol. 1. Parker and Company. p. 212.
- ^ "Artistic Lives in Victorian Ceylon". Asian Art. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Anderson, John (Colonial Office) (1894). The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Overseas Dominions and Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 381.
- ^ Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1891). The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 10. Colombo Apothecaries Company. p. cxxi.
- ^ Registrar-General's Department, Ceylon (1907). Ceylon Blue Book. Government Printer, South Africa. p. 287.
- ^ ISBN 9780892366811.
- ^ University of Oxford (1911). Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. p. 224.
- ^ Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and Foreign India. Vol. XXXIX. London: William H. Allen & Co. 1881. p. 141.
- ^ "Family of Hardinge Hay CAMERON and Adeline Annie BLAKE". Wood Family History. Retrieved 8 November 2023.