Charles Cameron (governor)

Charles Cameron (1766–1820) was Civil Commissioner of Malta and then Governor of the Bahamas.

Career

Born the son of Donald Cameron and Mary Guy, Cameron became Civil Commissioner of Malta in 1801.^[1] He issued a proclamation to the Maltese people in July 1801 making it clear that he would uphold their laws and rights.^[2] He went on to be Governor of Bahamas in 1804 and died in office in 1820.^[1] He was also a partner of Harley, Cameron & Company, a firm with shipping ventures in the East Indies.^[1]

In 1789 he married Lady Margaret Hay, daughter of James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll; they had one son, Charles Hay Cameron, and two daughters.^[1]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Henry Pigot	Civil Commissioner of Malta 1801–1802	Succeeded by Sir Alexander Ball
Preceded by John Halkett	Governor of the Bahamas 1804–1820	Succeeded by Lewis Grant

Civil Commissioners, Governors and Governors-General of Malta

Civil Commissioners (1799-1813)	Ball Pigot Cameron Ball Oakes

Governors (1813-1964)	Maitland Rawdon-Hastings Ponsonby Bouverie Stewart More O'Ferrall Reid le Marchant Storks Grant Straubenzee Borton Simmons Torrens Smyth Fremantle Grenfell Clarke Grant Rundle Methuen Plumer Congreve du Cane Campbell Bonham-Carter Dobbie Gort Schreiber Douglas Creasy Laycock Grantham Dorman

Governors-General (1964-1974)	Dorman Mamo

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