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Donald Cameron of Lochiel DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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(5 April 1835 – 30 November 1905) was a Scottish

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Conservative

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politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. He was chieftain

Chiefs of the Name

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, the 24th chief ("Lochiel") of Clan Cameron

Clan Cameron

Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber and within their lands is the mountain Ben Nevis which is the highest mountain in the British Isles. The chief of the clan is customarily referred to as...

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Cameron was the eldest son of Donald Cameron, 23rd Lochiel, and succeeded his father as chief in 1858. He was employed in the diplomatic service and was first attache for the Earl of Elgin's special embassy to China. He was then at the British Embassy in Berlin. He was a Justice of the Peace

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for Buckinghamshire and a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

for Inverness.

At the 1868 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1868

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Cameron was elected Member of Parliament

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for Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He held the seat until 1885. He was groom in waiting to Queen Victoria from 1874 to 1880. From 1887 he was the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire.

Cameron married Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, daughter of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch

Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch

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in 1875. They had four sons, including Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel

Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel

Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CMG, DL was a Scottish chieftain, the 25th chief of Clan Cameron....

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