Lethem, Gordon J.

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Great Britain--Colonies--Administration
Great Britain--Officials and employees

found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Greenslade, J. Papers, 1847-1961(Lethem, Gordon J.; correspondent of Adm. J. W. Greenslade)

found: OCLC, Sep. 16, 2013(hdgs.: Lethem, G. J. ; Lethem, G. J. (Gordon James), 1886-1962; Lethem, Gordon; Lethem, Gordon, Sir; Lethem, Gordon, Sir, 1886- ; Lethem, Gordon J.; Lethem, Gordon James, Sir; Lethem, Gordon James, Sir, 1886- ; usage: G. J. Lethem; Mr. G. J. Lethem; Gordon Lethem; Governor Sir Gordon Lethem [governor of British Guiana, as of 1946]; Sir Gordon J. Lethem; Sir Gordon James Lethem)

found: Bodleian Library, Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem, viewed Sep. 16, 2013(Sir Gordon James Lethem, CMG (1934), KCMG (1936), b. in Scotland Sep. 16, 1886; studied at Edinburgh University, Grenoble University, and in Spain; entered the Colonial Service, appointed asst. district officer in Northern Nigeria, 1911, later became district officer; served in the Cameroons (1914-1915) during World War I; became Resident of Bornu province in Nigeria, 1924; traveled on official missions in Sudan, Egypt and Hejaz, 1925; Acting Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Provinces 1931-1933; appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles, 1933-1935; Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1936-1941; expected to take up post of Governor of Sierra Leone, instead appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Guiana until his retirement in 1946; d. Aug. 14, 1962)