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Donald Cameron, 23rd Lochiel

Captain Donald Cameron of Lochiel, was a Scottish soldier, distinguished in the Waterloo campaign, and the 23rd Chief of Clan Cameron.

Biography
Donald Cameron was born on 25 September 1796 and baptised at Kilmallie, Lochaber. His father was Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel, who had the Cameron estates restored to him in 1784 and rebuilt Achnacarry Castle in the Scottish baronial style. His mother was Hon. Anne Abercromby (–1844), eldest daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby and Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby (see Baron Abercromby). He was educated at Harrow. == Family ==
Family
On 31 July 1832, Lochiel married Lady Vere Catherine Louisa Hobart (1803–1888), the posthumous daughter of Hon. George Vere Hobart and his second wife Janet Maclean (a scion of the Macleans of Coll and Camerons of Glendessary), with whom he had the following children: • Anne Louisa Cameron (1833–1864), died unmarried • Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel (1835–1905), who succeeded and married Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott • Julia Vere Cameron (1837–1921), married Maj.-Gen. Hugh Mackenzie • George Hampden Cameron-Hampden (1840–1877), died unmarried • Sibella Matilda Cameron (died 1890), married Rev. Henry Veitch of Eliock • Albinia Mary Cameron (died 1861), died unmarried == See also ==
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