Angus Cameron (1871–1961) was a
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military officer and colonial administrator, the first governor of
Mongalla Province
Mongalla or Mangalla is a Payam in Juba County, Central Equatoria State in South Sudan, on the east side of the Bahr al Jebel or White Nile river. It lies about 75 km by road northeast of Juba. The towns of Terekeka and Bor lie downstream, ...
in the south of the
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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between 1906 and 1908 and later governor of Kassala and Sennar provinces.
Early life
Cameron was born in Nairn on 25 October 1871.
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His father was James Angus Cameron, MD, BSc, DL.][
He attended school at Darlington, then in February 1891 went to the ]Royal Military College, Sandhurst
The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infant ...
, for a year. He gained a commission in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Al ...
on 18 May 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1893 and Captain in 1896.
In July 1899 Cameron was seconded to the Egyptian army, and as an officer of the IXth Sudanese he fought at the Battle of Gedid. In late November 1899 he was attached to the 9th Sudanese Battalion during the operations leading to the defeat of the Khalifa
Khalifa or Khalifah (Arabic: خليفة) is a name or title which means "successor", "ruler" or "leader". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and others. Khalif ...
(mentioned in despatches 25 November 1899).
He was appointed Senior Inspector of Sennar.[
Cameron remained in the Egyptian army service and that of the Sudan Government until he retired in 1921.
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Senior officer in Sudan
In January 1906 Cameron was appointed the first governor of Mongalla Province.[
Six members of the Gordon Memorial Sudan Mission arrived at Mongalla on the upper Nile in January 1906.
Angus Cameron did his best to discourage them from settling in the province.
He wanted to avoid friction with the Muslims who had undertaken most of the work of building and servicing the new provincial capital. Cameron suggested that the missionaries move to the Bor region instead.
In January 1908 Cameron became Governor of Kassala Province. He was appointed a Major in March 1909, and in July 1909 was seconded for service with the Sudan Government. In January 1913 he was appointed Governor of Sennar Province.][
He was described as "a rather peppery little Major".
Cameron served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Western Desert during ]World War I
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, and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1919.[
In December 1919, as governor of Sennar province, he granted a petition from six Ta'isha ''shaykhs'' to return to Darfur, from where they had moved during the reign of the Kalifa.]
Between December 1919 and April 1920 he was involved in operations to subdue the Garjak Nuer Nuer may refer to:
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tribe in the Upper Nile. They had raided their neighbours, the Burun in December 1919.[
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Later life
Cameron received the Order of the Medijidie, 3rd class, on 10 December 1907 and the Order of the Nile, second class, on 28 March 1919. He retired on 5 September 1921 and returned to Nairn.[
On 12 September 1923 he married Florence Muriel Allanby, who was born about 1883.][
When his father died in November 1924, Angus Cameron inherited the family house of Firhall
He died on 7 January 1961 at the age of 89.][
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British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
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1871 births
1961 deaths
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan people