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Donald Andrew John Cameron of Lochiel, Baron Cameron of Lochiel[ 1] (born 26 November 1976) is a Scottish Conservative politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from February to July 2024. He was elected a member of the Scottish Parliament for the electoral region of the Highlands and Islands in ...
Donald Cameron of Lochiel. Donald Cameron of Lochiel ( c. 1695 – 26 October 1748), popularly known as the Gentle Lochiel, [ 4] was a Scottish Jacobite, soldier and hereditary chief of Clan Cameron, traditionally loyal to the exiled House of Stuart. His support for Charles Edward Stuart proved pivotal in the early stages of the 1745 Rising.
Lord Cameron of Lochiel ... Donald Cameron was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Scotland Office from 9 February 2024 to 5 July 2024. Lord Cameron is from Achnacarry, in Lochaber. ...
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He was the eldest son of four children born to Col. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, 26th Chief, KT, and his wife, Margaret Gathorne-Hardy, only daughter of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Nigel Gathorne-Hardy, himself son of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was educated at Harrow and went on to read history at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated as MA.
Donald Cameron, younger of Lochiel, as he was then known, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) in 1966. He resigned that commission in 1968. He then trained as a chartered accountant(FCA, 1971). In 1983, Prince Naruhito (the present Emperor of Japan) stayed at Achnacarry Castle during an expedition to climb B...
From 1985 until his death Lochiel was disabled, suffering from multiple sclerosis. Lochiel died on 20 October 2023, at the age of 77, at his residence of Achnacarry, and was succeeded by his son, the Rt. Hon. Donald Cameron.Lochiel was described as "the most courageous and loving of men, who...as clan chief and Lord Lieutenant of Inverness, was at ...
On 1 June 1974 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, he married Lady Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr, OBE, daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, by his wife Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian.They had four children: 1. Catherine Mary Cameron (born 1 March 1975), married Henry Trotter, and has issue. She has King Charles III as her godfath...
Oct 23, 2023 · Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, who was the 27th clan chief, died at the age of 77 on Friday at Achnacarry Castle, near Fort William in Lochaber. He had been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis ...
Mar 14, 2024 · UK Government Minister for Scotland Donald Cameron has today made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. Minister Cameron, now Lord Cameron of Lochiel, was invited to speak at the end of a ...
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Donald Cameron of Lochiel, popularly known as the Gentle Lochiel, was a Scottish Jacobite, soldier and hereditary chief of Clan Cameron, traditionally loyal to the exiled House of Stuart. His support for Charles Edward Stuart proved pivotal in the early stages of the 1745 Rising. Lochiel was among the Highlanders defeated at the Battle of Culloden, and thereafter went into hiding before eventually fleeing to France.
