John Cameron, Lord Lochiel

John Cameron, 1st Lord Lochiel (1663–1747) was a prominent Scottish Jacobite, soldier, courtier and 18th Chief of the Clan Cameron. After the 1715 rising he was permanently exiled to France.

Cameron of Lochiel arms

The eldest son of Cavalier Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, one of the first to join the 1652 Rising for King Charles II, by whose favour he was knighted in 1681, and his second wife Lady Isobel MacLean.[1] He fought with his father at the Battle of Killiecrankie.

Lord Lochiel joined the Earl of Mar's forces in the 1715 Jacobite rising as acting chief of Clan Cameron. During the 1719 Jacobite rising he fought at the Battle of Glen Shiel. After the 1719 Rising he returned to France and granted a generous pension by King James. He served at the Jacobite court in Avignon and later in Rome. Lord Lochiel died in 1747 at Nieuport, France.

On 27 January 1717, he was made a Lord of Parliament by King James VIII and III, otherwise known as the "Old Pretender" or "Old Chevalier", in the Jacobite peerage.[1]

Marriage and family

Lord Lochiel married Isobel Stewart, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Stewart of Appin.[1]

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] His third son, Dr Archibald Cameron, was the last Jacobite to be executed for treason in 1753.

See also

References
  1. "Genealogy". lyon-court.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. Profile, burkespeerage.com. Accessed 28 December 2022.


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