 He took a great interest in the introduction of English education among the natives of India.A public meeting of natives was held at Kolkata on 22 February 1848, upon his departure for England, to thank him for his exertions, and request him to sit for his portrait.His views were explained in an "Address to Parliament on the duties of Great Britain to India in respect of the education of the natives and their official employment, by C. H. Cameron" (1863), in which he advocated a more liberal treatment of the Indian population.