[3] Described as being of "Herculean build" and bearing a "fiery but chivalrous disposition",[3] Cameron enlisted in a Loyalist cavalry corps at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.

[4] After war was declared with revolutionary France in 1793, Cameron raised the 79th Regiment of Foot and was accepted as its colonel (although his army rank still appears to be no more than major at this point).

[6] In the 1790s a rift occurred with "the rogue" Lochiel over the borrowing and evictions of Cameron lands, including Erracht, leading to a period of enmity between the two.

When asked his opinion on the idea of replacing kilts with trews in the Highland regiments he responded famously and at length against it.

[8] When the 95th Rifles were added to make up his brigade in late 1808: "On hearing that our four companies were to be put under his command, this gallant but eccentric old chieftain declared, 'he did not want a parcel of riflemen, as he already had a thousand Highlanders, who would face the devil.'

Had our corps been raised northward of the Tweed, it is more probable that our brigadier would have set a higher value on us; but we were moved to another brigade before he had an opportunity of judging of the merits or demerits of the Southerners in the field".