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词条 Edward John Cameron
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

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Sir Edward John Cameron (1858–1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Gambia from February 1914 to 1920.[2]

Early life and education

Born 14 May 1858, Cameron was the third son of John Charles Cameron MD, Deputy Surgeon-General of the British army, and Julia Elizabeth Mooyaart, daughter of James Mooyaart, Auditor-General, Ceylon.[3] He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Clifton College,[3] before entering Merton College, Oxford on 24 May 1877[4][5] On 12 April 1887 he married Eva Selwyn Isaacs (1858–1944), daughter of Australian barrister and politician Robert Macintosh Isaacs.[6][7]

Career

Commissioner of the Virgin Islands and member of the executive and legislative councils of the Leeward Islands from February 1887 to 1893.[8] Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1893 to 1899.[9][10] Administrator of Saint Vincent from May 1901 to March 1909.[11] Acting Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands from June 1909 to October 1909.[11] Commissioner of Saint Lucia from 11 March 1909 to 1914.[12] Governor of the Gambia from 11 April 1914 until his retirement in July 1920.[13] Knighted CMG 30 June 1905 and KCMG 5 June 1916.

References

1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Will of Sir Edward John Cameron |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19471227/053/0004 |work=Western Daily Press |location=Bristol, England |date=27 December 1947 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Perfect|first=David|title=Historical Dictionary of The Gambia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9MknDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74|date=27 May 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-6526-4|pages=74–75}}
3. ^"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 1434: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
4. ^{{cite book |last1=Walford |first1=Edward |year=1919 |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |title=Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom |url=https://archive.org/stream/countyfamiliesof591919walf#page/212/|edition=59 |location=London, England |publisher=R. Harwdwicke|pages=212 |via=Internet Archive}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Foster|first=Joseph|title=Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMVAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA211-IA1|volume=1|year=1887|publisher=University of Oxford|page=211}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=The Law Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlxNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA222|edition=1887|volume=22|date=28 January 1888|publisher=F. E. Streeten|location=London, England|page=222}}
7. ^{{cite encyclopedia |last=Forbes |first=John R. |encyclopedia=Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Isaacs, Robert Macintosh (1814–1876)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/isaacs-robert-macintosh-3841 |year=1972 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |volume=4 |page=464}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Hayter|first=Henry Heyln|title=Victorian Year-Book 1888–1889 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyVRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA30 |edition=16 |year=1889 |publisher=Government Printer |location=London, England |page=30}}
9. ^{{cite book |last=Hayter |first=Henry Heylyn |title=Victorian Year-Book 1894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cMU4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 |edition=21 |year=1895 |publisher=Robert S. Brain |location=Melbourne, Australia |page=23}}
10. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Service Gossip |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/35679959/ |work=The Colonies and India |location=London, England |date=16 December 1893 |via=Newspapers.com |subscription=yes}}
11. ^{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Robert M.|title=The Saint Vincent handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBZsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA404|edition=5|year=1938|publisher=The Vincentian|location=Kingstown, Saint Vincent|pages=136, 404}}
12. ^{{London Gazette |issue=28232 |date=12 March 1909 |page=1 |title= }}
13. ^{{cite book |author= |title=Gambia Report for 1920. |url=http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/466568/466568_1920/466568_1920_opt.pdf |series=Colonial Report—Annual |issue=1120 |location=London, England |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=2 |year=1922}}
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