Gordon Lethem

Sir Gordon James Lethem
KCMG
Governor of British Guiana
Governor of the Seychelles
Personal details
Born(1886-09-16)16 September 1886
Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died14 August 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 75)
Eskdalemuir, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG (16 September 1886 – 14 August 1962)[1] was a British colonial administrator.[2]

Biography

He was born in Leith, Scotland, the son of James Lethem and Marian Macintosh.[3]

He was Governor of the Seychelles from 1934 to 1936; Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1936 to 1941;[4] and Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946.[3] He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947. He also served in Nigeria. Lethem's papers are held in Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.[1]

After retiring from the civil service he became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party. In 1950 he was Vice-President of the Scottish Liberal Party.[5] 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.[6]

He died at his home in Eskdalemuir on 15 August 1962.[3]

The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him.

References

  1. ^ a b "Collection: Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem | Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts".
  2. ^ "Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG, (1934-1935)". Seychelles National Archive. 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Sir Gordon Lethem: Former Colonial Governor". The Times. No. 55471. London. 16 August 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "New Governor of British Guiana". The Times. No. 48969. London. 4 July 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "Lethem, Sir Gordon James", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 17 Sept 2014
  6. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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