David Cameron | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:David_Cameron_(judge).jpg) The Honourable David Cameron | |
| Born | 1804 |
| Died | May 9, 1872 (aged 68) Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada |
| 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]
- ^ Ormsby, Margaret A. (1958), British Columbia: A History, Vancouver: Macmillans in Canada
- ^ Sampson, William R. (1972). "Cameron, David". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 9 August 2019.