predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
gerald herbert portal henry edward colville 27 june 1927 rajamundry , madras , india bournemouth , hampshire , england soldier , engineer commissioner of uganda -lrb- acting -rrb- 8 february 1862 30 may 1893 james ronald leslie macdonald c1898.png james macdonald -lrb- engineer -rrb-
 4 november 1893 james ronald leslie macdonald
james macdonald -lrb- engineer -rrb-

sir james ronald leslie macdonald , kcsi , cb -lrb- 1862 -- 1927 -rrb- was a scottish engineer , explorer and cartographer .
he served as a british army engineer , rose to the rank of brigadier-general and was knighted .
a balloon observer as a young man , he surveyed for railways in india and east africa , explored the upper nile region , commanded balloon sections during wars in south africa and china and led a major expedition into tibet in 1903 -- 1904 .
