Sir Alan Cameron

1750 - 1828


Biography

Father of Adam Cameron and son-in-law of Nathaniel Phillips (both of whom q.v.). Founder of the Cameron Highlanders, he has entry in the ODNB as 'army officer'. That entry says simply: 'In London, on 16 September 1779, he married Ann Phillips (1765–1795), whose father, Nathaniel Phillips, was a wealthy Jamaican planter'. Other sources suggest Alan Cameron eloped with her and had been an overseer on her father's plantations.


Sources

Dochgarroch, Loraine Maclean of. "Cameron, Sir Alan, of Erracht (1750–1828), army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 22 Feb. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-4432.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Ann Phillips

Relationships (3)

Father → Natural Son
Father → Son
Son-in-law → Father-in-law