Lethem, Gordon J.

Sir Gordon James Lethem, CMG (1934), KCMG (1936), was born in Scotland on the 16 September 1886. He was educated at Daniel Stewart's in Edinburgh; Mill Hill School; Edinburgh University; Grenoble University; and in Spain.

Lethem entered the Colonial Service and in 1911 was appointed Assistant District Officer in Northern Nigeria; he later became District Officer. During World War I he served in the Cameroons (1914-1915). In 1924 he became Resident of Bornu province in Nigeria and during 1925 travelled on official missions in Sudan, Egypt and Hejaz. He was appointed Secretary for Native Affairs, and Secretary of the Northern Provinces, and in 1931 became Acting Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Provinces (1931-1933).

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