Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel
Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CMG, JP, DL (4 November 1876 – 11 October 1951) was a British Army officer of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War, and the 25th Lochiel of Clan Cameron.
Colonel The Much Honoured Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel | |
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Lochiel, c. 1899 | |
| Lord Lieutenant of Inverness | |
| In office 1939–1951 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Mackintosh |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Macdonald |
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| Born | 4 November 1876 Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | 11 October 1951 (aged 74) Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Spouse |
Lady Hermione Graham
(m. 1906) |
| Children | 5, including the 26th Lochiel and Allan |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Lochiel began his career as an officer during the Second Boer War. In 1914, Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener requested that he raise several battalions of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Lochiel served as Colonel of the regiment from 1914 to 1916. The casualties his battalions sustained during the war was said to have deeply affected him. After the war, he retired to his estates in Lochaber with interests in sheep farming and land management, and also advocated for the Scottish Gaelic language revival in Scotland.