Sir Charles Cameron Lees (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the son of

John Campbell Lees Sir John Campbell Lees (born abt 1795, died 1873) was an English lawyer and colonial judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1836 or 1837 to 1865. He was also a judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Lees was knighted in 1 ...

, former

Chief Justice of the Bahamas The Chief Justice of the Bahamas heads the Supreme Court of the Bahamas. Legal basis The position of Chief Justice is authorised by Article 93(2) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 94(1), the Governor-General appoints the Chief Jus ...

. He was originally commissioned into the 1st West India Regiment, but transferred to the

76th Foot The 76th Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment to form the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1881. Hi ...

in 1854, was promoted

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, and transferred to the 23rd Foot as

adjutant Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commission ...

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 the Gold Coast This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. In addition to the Gold Coast Colony, the governor of the Gold Coast ...

in 1874, 1876 and 1878–79,

Governor of the Bahamas This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera. In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina, but the islands were left to themselves. The loc ...

from 1881 to 1884, and Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1884 to 1885. He was 16th Governor of Mauritius from 21 Dec 1889 to 12 Mar 1892 and was Governor of British Guiana from 1893 to 1895. In 1875 he married Maria Ledwell Nugent daughter of Sir Oliver Nugent of

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. Lees is buried in

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, London.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lees, Charles Colonial Administrative Service officers British governors of the Bahamas 76th Regiment of Foot officers Royal Welch Fusiliers officers Sherwood Foresters officers West India Regiment officers Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 1837 births 1898 deaths Burials at Brompton Cemetery Governors of Barbados Governors of the Leeward Islands Governors of British Guiana Governors of British Mauritius