Alan Cameron of Erracht [SEP] date of death
Alan Cameron of Erracht
Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht (1753 – 9 March 1828) was a Scottish soldier who, at his own expense in 1793, raised the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers).
Military career.
Born in Erracht, near Banavie in Lochaber, Cameron was the eldest son of Donald Cameron of Erracht and Marjorie, daughter of MacLean of Drimmin, who was killed at the Battle of Culloden. It was not until he was 4 years old that he first met his
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History Jacobite risings.
Donald Cameron, 7th of Erracht was born shortly before the Jacobite rising of 1715. Thirty years later during the Jacobite rising of 1745 he joined Cameron of Lochiel and was second in command at the historic Glenfinnan gathering.
After the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden, Cameron of Erracht was a homeless warrior in the mountains for three years. He had three children, the eldest of whom was Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht K.C.B.
History Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht.
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