About Gordon James Lethem
Lived 1886 – 1962 (aged 75–76). Gordon James Lethem was an official and governor.
Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG (16 September 1886 – 14 August 1962) was a British colonial administrator.
Biography He was born in Leith, Scotland, the son of James Lethem and Marian Macintosh.
He was Governor of the Seychelles from 1934 to 1936; Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1936 to 1941; and Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946. 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.
He died at his home in Eskdalemuir on 15 August 1962.
The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him.
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British colonial governor (1886–1962)
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Gordon James Lethem was born in 1886 in Leith.
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Gordon James Lethem died in 1962.
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Gordon James Lethem was an official and governor.
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