Sir Maurice Alexander Cameron (1855–1936) was a naval engineer and expert in submarine mining who spent nine years in the

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and Malaya. He took up the position of Deputy Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General in

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in December 1883 and oversaw the construction of roads and other public works in

and Province Wellesley. In 1888, he was appointed Colonial Engineer in Singapore and involved in the construction of forts for defence purposes. He served as the chairman of a commission to investigate Chinese and Indian indentured labour in Malaya from 1890. Cameron returned to England in 1894 and worked at the Designs Branch of the War Office briefly before taking up the post of Third Crown Agent for the Colonies. He retired in 1920 as First Crown Agent. In retirement, Cameron was involved in the

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, joining its Committee of Management in 1921 and being elected Vice-President in 1933. Cameron was awarded the

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in 1900, and was promoted to KCMG in 1914.

Personal life

Cameron married Ethel Ancrum in 1894. They had three children together: Ewen Arthur, Alexander Maurice and John Ancrum. Ethel Ancrum died in 1903 and in 1920 Cameron married Francis Perkins.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Maurice 1855 births 1936 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People of British Malaya