Chiefs of Clan Cameron
The following is an incomplete list of the Chiefs of Clan Cameron of (by Loch Eil), the senior line of the Cameron family. The Chief is seated at Achnacarry Castle and is styled Lochiel.[1]
No. | Name | Died | Details |
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VII | John de Cameron | Said to have led the clan at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.[2] | |
VIII | John Ochtery Cameron | Said to have led the clan at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.[3] | |
IX | Allan MacOchtery Cameron | Son of VIII. | |
X | Ewen MacAllan Cameron | Son of IX; died without issue. | |
XI | Donald Dubh Cameron | Son of IX. Rose up in support of MacDonald, Lord of the Isles at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411.[3] | |
XII | Alan Allan MacIldny Cameron | 1480 | Son of XI. Killed in battle in 1480 fighting the Mackintoshes and MacDonalds of Keppoch.[4] |
XIII | Ewen Cameron of Lochiel | 1547 | Son of XII. Executed for treason at Stirling in 1547. His sons did not ascend to Chief. |
XIV | Ewen 'Beag' Cameron of Lochiel | 1554 | Also known as Ewen M'Conill M'Ewen. Grandson of XII. Descendants of Beag's illegitimate issue became the Clan's Taylor sept. |
XV | Donald Dubh MacDonald MacEwen Cameron of Lochiel | 1565 | Also known as Donald Dow M'Connel M'Ewen. Younger brother of XIV. Fought at the Battle of Corrichie in 1562 in support of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
XVI | Allan Cameron of Lochiel | 1647 | Son of XV's younger brother, John Cameron (killed in action). Led the clan at the Battle of Glenlivet in 1594. Observed the Battle of Inverlochy, aged 83. |
XVII | Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel | 1719 | Grandson of XVI. Most famous chief in Clan Cameron history, Was away in London when Clan Cameron fought at the Battle of Mulroy in 1668. |
XVIII | John MacEwen Cameron, Lord Lochiel | 1747/48 | Son of XVII. Fought at the Battle of Glenshiel and wounded at the Battle of Culloden and died in exile at Nieuport in Flanders. Created Lord Lochiel in the Jacobite peerage on 27 January 1717. |
XIX | Donald Cameron of Lochiel | 1748 | Also known as "The Gentle Lochiel". |
XX | John Cameron of Lochiel | 1762 | Son of XIX. Died unmarried in Scotland; his uncle, Dr Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, was executed in 1753 for treason. |
XXI | Charles Cameron, 21st Lochiel | 1776 | Another son of XIX. |
XXII | Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel | 1832 | Son of XXI.[5] |
XXIII | 1858 | Son of XXII. Fought with distinction at the Battle of Waterloo and retired from the Army upon his father's death in 1832. | |
XXIV | Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel | 1905 | MP and Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria. |
XXV | Sir Donald Walter Cameron KT, 25th Lochiel | 1951 | Son of XXIV. |
XXVI | Sir Donald Hamish Cameron KT, 26th Lochiel | 2004[6] | Son of XXV. |
XXVII | Son of XXVI. The current chief of Clan Cameron, and Lord Lieutenant of Inverness.[7] His daughter Lucy has Princess Anne, The Princess Royal as one of her godmothers.[8] |
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Cameron arms
References[]
- ^ www.lochiel.net
- ^ "The Battle of Bannockburn".
- ^ a b "The Battle of Harlaw".
- ^ Stewart, John of Ardvorlich. (1974). The Camerons, A History of Clan Cameron. Published by the Clan Cameron Association.
- ^ "The Chiefs of Clan Cameron".
- ^ "The Chiefs of Clan Cameron".
- ^ "Cameron of Lochiel, Hereditary Chief of Clan Cameron".
- ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (2003)
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