Gordon Lethem
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox governor Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG (16 September 1886 – 14 August 1962)[1] was a British colonial administrator.[2]
Biography
He was born in Leith, Scotland, the son of James Lethem and Marian Macintosh.[3]
He was Governor of the Seychelles from 1934 to 1936; Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1936 to 1941;[4] and Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946.[3] He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947. He also served in Nigeria. Lethem's papers are held in Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.[1]
After retiring from the civil service he became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party. In 1950 he was Vice-President of the Scottish Liberal Party.[5] He stood as a Liberal candidate at the United Kingdom general election of 1950 in the constituency of Banffshire. He finished third and did not stand for parliament again.[6]
He died at his home in Eskdalemuir on 15 August 1962.[3]
The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him.
References
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- ↑ "Lethem, Sir Gordon James", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 17 Sept 2014
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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- "Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem" Bodleian Library
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- 1886 births
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- Governors of British Seychelles
- Governors of British Guiana
- British Guiana in World War II
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- British expatriates in British Nigeria