Cameron Lees

James Cameron Lees KCVO[1] (1835–1913) was a Church of Scotland minister and author[2] at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.

[6] His father was then manager of the Royal Caledonian Asylum there, but later relocated to Stornoway as a minister.

Joining his family in Stornoway he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of the Isle of Lewis as a minister in the Church of Scotland in November 1855.

[11] He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1881 to 1901, and was appointed a Chaplain-in-Ordinary in Scotland to King Edward VII in October 1901.

He also received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from St Andrews University in 1889.

James Cameron Lees' grave in Dean Cemetery