Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas

Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, KCMG, OBE (6 June 1884 – 10 February 1956 ) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of the Bahamas from 1937 to 1940 and Governor of Uganda from 1940 to 1944. He was the fifth son of Charles Saunders Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville.

Career

Early career He first served as Assistant District Commissioner in the British East Africa Protectorate in Mombasa from 1908. This was followed by a posting to Nairobi, then a secondment with the Indian Army in German East Africa during World War.

In 1930, he founded the Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union. He popularised the area's coffee production, and was given the title Wasaoye-o-Wachagga (Elder of the Chagga).

Later, Dundas was Governor of the Bahamas; appointed in 1937, he was succeeded by the Duke of Windsor in 1940.

Uganda Dundas then served as Governor of Uganda. In 1942, he was also appointed a knight of the Venerable Order of the Hospital St John of Jerusalem.

The settlement of Dundas Town in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas was named for him.

Death Dundas died on 10 February 1956, aged 71, while he was at the barber. Dundas was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.