David Cameron | |
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Born | 1804 |
Died | May 9, 1872 Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 68)
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | First Chief Justice, Colony of Vancouver Island |
David Cameron (1804 – 14 May 1872) was a jurist, merchant, and manager operating across the British Empire. He was unsuccessful as a cloth merchant in Scotland and as a sugar plantation manager in Demerara, Guianas.[1]: 120 He became a Hudson's Bay Company clerk in Nanaimo, British Columbia and then a judge in the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1853, Cameron became the first Chief Justice of Vancouver Island, a position which he held until 1858. He served as a justice until his retirement in 1865.[2]