Charles Lees

For other people named Charles Lees, see Charles Lees (disambiguation).

Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG (11 March 1837 – July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

He was originally commissioned into the 1st West India Regiment, but transferred to the 76th Foot in 1854, was promoted Lieutenant, and transferred to the 23rd Foot as adjutant 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 in 1874, 1876 and 1878–79, Governor of the Bahamas from 1881–84, and Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1884–85.

He was 16th Governor of Mauritius from 21 Dec 1889 to 12 Mar 1892.

He was Governor of British Guiana from 1893–95.

He married Maria Ledwell. Lees is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Government offices
Preceded by James Maxwell	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1874	Succeeded by George Strahan
Preceded by George Strahan	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1876	Succeeded by Sanford Freeling
Preceded by Sanford Freeling	Governor of the Gold Coast, acting 1878–1879	Succeeded by Herbert Taylor Ussher
Preceded by Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan	Governor of the Bahamas 1881–1884	Succeeded by Sir Henry Arthur Blake
Preceded by John Hawley Glover	Governor of the Leeward Islands 1884–1885	Succeeded by Charles Monroe Eldridge
Preceded by William Robinson	Governor of Barbados 1885–1889	Succeeded by Sir Walter Joseph Sendall
Preceded by Sir John Pope Hennessy	Governor of Mauritius 1889–1892	Succeeded by Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
Preceded by Sir Charles Bruce	Governor of British Guiana 1893–1895	Succeeded by Charles Cavendish Boyle