Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG (16 September 1886 – 14 August 1962)[1] was a British Civil Servant and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Leith, Scotland.[2]
He was Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946. He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947. He also served in Nigeria, the Seychelles, and the Leeward Islands. Lethem's papers are held in Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.[1]
The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him.
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.[3] 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.[4]
References
- ^ a b http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/blcas/lethem-gordon.html
- ^ "Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG, (1934-1935)". Seychelles National Archive. November 24, 2017.
- ^ '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
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- "Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem" Bodleian Library
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir de Symons Montagu George Honey | Governor of the Seychelles 1934–1936 | Succeeded by Arthur Francis Grimble |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas St. Johnston | Governor of the Leeward Islands 1936–1941 | Succeeded by Sir Douglas James Jardine |
| Preceded by Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | Governor of British Guiana 1941–1947 | Succeeded by Sir Charles Campbell Woolley |