Charles Cameron of Lochiel

[1] Charles Cameron was born in Paris circa 1747, the son of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 19th Lochiel, a prominent Jacobite chieftain who had been exiled following the 1745 rising.

[2] Having outlived his elder brothers, John Cameron, 20th Lochiel (died 1762) and James Cameron (died 1759), the latter having died fighting in the French and Indian War, Charles succeeded as the 21st Chief of Clan Cameron.

[2] In 1767 while stationed at Gibraltar, Lochiel married Martha Marshall, the daughter of an English quartermaster.

[2] Lochiel served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders, having been allowed to return to Scotland, and was due to proceed to America in 1776 with his company to fight in the American Revolutionary War.

The bells of the Tolbooth were rung in honour of the Gentle Lochiel.