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Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber, [7] and within their lands lies Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. [8] The Chief of the clan is customarily referred to as simply "Lochiel". [9]
His works include The Stewarts: The Highland branches of a royal name, [1] The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron, [2] and The Grahams.. His 344-page work The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron was published by the Clan Cameron Association in 1971, and highly praised by Colonel Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, the Clan Chief at the time and Stewart’s brother-in-law.
In 1645, the Camerons again raided Moyness when they were then held by the Clan Grant. [2] [1] However, according to the Clan Cameron Association, Allan Cameron of Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron, had little to do with this raid as at the time he was in his eighty-third year of age and in Argyll when it took place. [2]
Donald Cameron of Lochiel (22 October 1769 – 14 September 1832) was a Scottish nobleman, landowner and the 22nd Chief of Clan Cameron. He is also remembered for his role in the Highland clearances. Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 22nd Chief of Clan Cameron, by Henry Raeburn
The current chief of Clan Cameron. A Scottish Conservative Party politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region between 2016 and 2024, before being appointed to the House of Lords.
Donald Cameron, 7th of Erracht was born shortly before the Jacobite rising of 1715. [1] Thirty years later during the Jacobite rising of 1745 he joined Cameron of Lochiel and was second in command at the historic Glenfinnan gathering.
Cameron of Erracht claimed chiefship himself. To add to the confusion the little boys mother was from Clan Mackintosh, a clan with a long history of enmity towards Clan Cameron. In this pretext, the chief of Clan MacKintosh, led 200 men, into the Cameron lands near Loch Arkaig whereupon a bloody battle ensued.
The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron. Clan Cameron Association. Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. HarperCollins. The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans (Library ed.). London and Edinburgh: Johnston & Bacon. 1885. p. 79.