John Cameron of Lochiel
Sir John Cameron, 1st Lord Lochiel (1663–1747) was the 18th Chief of Clan Cameron and a prominent Jacobite. The son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, a notorious Cavalier and one of the first to join the 1652 Rising for King Charles II, by whose favour he was knighted in 1681.[1]
He joined the Earl of Mar's forces in the 1715 Jacobite rising as acting chief of Clan Cameron. On 27 January 1717, Lochiel was made Lord Lochiel by "King James VIII and III", otherwise known as the "Old Pretender" or "Old Chevalier", in the Jacobite peerage. During the 1719 Jacobite rising, Cameron fought at the Battle of Glen Shiel. After the 1719 Rising, Lord Lochiel was exiled to France and granted a generous pension by King James. He served at the Jacobite court in Avignon and later Rome. Lochiel died in 1747 at Nieuport, French Flanders.
Lord Lochiel married Isobel Campbell, daughter of Alexander Campbell, 6th of Lochnell (1653–1713), a scion of the 3rd Earl of Argyll, and Margaret Stewart. His eldest son and successor was Donald Cameron of Lochiel (1695–1748) known as "Gentle Lochiel", who played an important role in the Jacobite rising of 1745.[2]
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References
- ^ "lyon-court.com". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
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