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Sir John Campbell Lees (27 January 1793 – 17 October 1873) was an English lawyer and colonial judge.

He served as Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1836 or 1837 to 1865. He was also a judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Lees was knighted in 1865.

He died suddenly on 17 October 1873 while travelling on the London Underground. His son, Sir Charles Cameron Lees, served as the governor of a number of British colonies and possessions between 1874 and 1895.

References

1. "Kelly's Handbook to the Upper Ten Thousand for 1878: Containing about Twenty Thousand Names of the Titled, Landed and Official Classes". Kelly and Company. 19 June 1878 – via Google Books.
2. Shingleton, Royce (19 June 1994). High Seas Confederate: The Life and Times of John Newland Maffitt. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-87249-986-7 – via Internet Archive. John Campbell Lees.
3. "Knighthood - John Campbell Lees". The London Gazette (23042): 5689. 24 November 1865. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
4. "Sudden Death of a Baronet on the London Underground". Daily News. London, England: 2. 18 Oct 1873. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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