Charles Cameron of Lochiel

Charles Cameron, 4th Lord Lochiel (c. 1747 – 31 August 1776) was a Scottish soldier and the 21st Lochiel of Clan Cameron. His father was Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, known by the sobriquet Gentle Lochiel.[1]

Biography

Charles Cameron was born in Paris circa 1747, the son of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, an exiled Jacobite clan chief following the 1745 rising. His godfather was Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). He was first enlisted as an officer in the French service.[2] Having outlived his elder brothers, John Cameron, 20th Lochiel (died 1762) and James Cameron (died 1759), the latter having died fighting in the French and Indian War, Charles succeeded as the Chief of the Camerons.[2]

In 1767 in Gibraltar, he married Martha Marshall and was the father of Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel (1769–1832).[2]

He served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders, having been allowed to return to Scotland, and was due to proceed to America in 1776 with his company to fight in the Revolutionary War. However, upon arriving in Glasgow in August he died unexpectedly. The bells of the Tolbooth were rung in honour of the Gentle Lochiel.[2]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
  2. Stewart Ardvolich, John (1974). A History of Clan Cameron. p. 145.
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