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5 unusual facts about Clan Cameron


Chiefs of Clan Cameron

The following is an incomplete list of the chiefs of Clan Cameron of Lochiel, the senior chiefs of Clan Cameron.

Dalwhinnie

Battle of Invernahavon - the remnants of a party of Clan Cameron raiders escaped via Dalwhinnie after their defeat by the Chattan Confederation south west of Newtonmore in this 14th century battle.

Glenfinnan

He waited at Glenfinnan for a number of days as more MacDonalds, Camerons, McPhees and MacDonnells arrived.

Newtonmore

Battle of Invernahavon - 14th century battle southwest of Newtonmore, in which the Chattan Confederation defeated Clan Cameron

North Glengarry, Ontario

Kenyon, which was part of Charlottenburgh Township until 1798, was named for British judge and politician Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, and Lochiel, which was part of Lancaster Township until 1818, was named for the Lochiels of Clan Cameron.


Clan Kerr

At the Battle of Culloden in 1746 Lord Mark Kerr's younger brother, Lord Robert Kerr, who was captain of the grenadiers in Barrel's regiment, received the first charging Cameron on the point of his Spontoon, but then a second cut him through the head to chin.

John Stewart of Ardvorlich

His 344-page 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's Chief at the time.


see also

Battle of Sunday

the Battle of Palm Sunday (1429) between Clan Cameron and the Chattan Confederation in the Scottish Highlands