John Cameron, Lord Lochiel

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

Cameron of Lochiel arms

Biography

He was the eldest son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and his second wife, Isobel Maclean, daughter of the chief of Clan Maclean. His famed father had been one of the first to join the 1652 Rising for King Charles II, by whose favour he was knighted in 1681.[1] He fought with his father at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.

Lochiel joined the Earl of Mar's forces in the 1715 Jacobite rising, where he poorly led his clan.[2] Following the defeat at Sheriffmuir, he was permanently exiled. Nonetheless, 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]

During the 1719 Jacobite rising, he fought at the Battle of Glen Shiel, which also ended in defeat. Following the failed rising, Lochiel returned to France and was granted a generous pension by the 'Old Pretender' King James, for whom he served at the Jacobite court in Avignon and later Rome. He died in 1747 at Nieuport, Flanders.[3]

Lord Lochiel had married Isobel Campbell, daughter of Alexander Campbell of Lochnell.[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.[4] 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. Stewart of Ardvorlich, John. The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-9560933-9-4.
  3. Gibson, John S. (1994). Lochiel of the '45 : the Jacobite chief and the prince. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-6845-9. OCLC 624218928.
  4. Profile, burkespeerage.com. Accessed 28 December 2022.


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