About William Gordon Cameron
Lived 1827 – 1913 (aged 85). William Gordon Cameron was a British military personnel.
General Sir William Gordon Cameron (Chinese translated Name: 金馬倫; 16 October 1827 – 2 March 1913) was a British soldier and colonial administrator.
Military career William Gordon Cameron was commissioned into the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot in 1844. He transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1847.
He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 5th (West Middlesex) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1880.
From January 1891 to December 1892 and then again in May to July 1894 he was Administrator of the Cape Colony. He retired in 1895.
He married Helen Colebrooke Mary, daughter of General Sir John Hunter Littler, GCB on 20 January 1857 in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England.
Memory Several places in Hong Kong were named after Cameron: Cameron Road and Cameron Lane in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, as well as Mount Cameron and Mount Cameron Road.
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Who was William Gordon Cameron?
British soldier and colonial administrator
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William Gordon Cameron was born on 16 October 1827 in France.
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William Gordon Cameron died on 2 March 1913.
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William Gordon Cameron was a military personnel.
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William Gordon Cameron was British.
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