Angus Cameron

Angus Cameron (1871–1961) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, the first governor of Mongalla Province in the south of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1906 and 1908 and later governor of Kassala and Sennar provinces.

Early life

Cameron was born in Nairn on 25 October 1871. ). He was appointed Senior Inspector of Sennar.

Senior officer in Sudan

In January 1906 Cameron was appointed the first governor of Mongalla Province. He wanted to avoid friction with the Muslims who had undertaken most of the work of building and servicing the new provincial capital. Cameron suggested that the missionaries move to the Bor region instead.

In January 1908 Cameron became Governor of Kassala Province. He was appointed a Major in March 1909, and in July 1909 was seconded for service with the Sudan Government. In January 1913 he was appointed Governor of Sennar Province.

Cameron served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Western Desert during World War I, and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1919. Between December 1919 and April 1920 he was involved in operations to subdue the Garjak Nuer tribe in the Upper Nile. They had raided their neighbours, the Burun in December 1919.