Donald Cameron of Lochiel
![1762 painting suggested as based on 1748 sketch of Lochiel, now in Achnacarry House<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vallar |first1=Cindy |title=Thistle's Scotland |url=http://www.cindyvallar.com/scot2.html |website=Cindy Vallar |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Gibson|1994|p=170}}</ref>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/DonaldCameronOfLochiel.jpg)
Born into a Non-juring Episcopalian and staunchly Jacobite family, his father was permanently exiled after the 1715 Rising and when his grandfather Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel died in 1719, Donald assumed his duties as Chief of Clan Cameron. The clan held a strategic importance out of proportion to numbers due to the compact nature of their lands and ability to act as a cohesive unit; in contrast, many of their rivals were scattered across different areas and riven by internal feuds. Despite considerable misgivings in launching the rebellion, Lochiel played an important role in the course of the rising, being among the most prominent of the Highland chiefs and commanding a regiment which was widely regarded as being the most elite and reliable component of the Jacobite army.
Defeated and wounded at Culloden, Lochiel was forced into hiding in company with Prince Charles and other senior Jacobites. Upon escaping to France in late 1746, he was appointed Colonel of the Régiment d'Albanie, the Scottish Guards of the French Royal Army, and made a member of the Order of Saint Michael by Louis XV. He was to command his regiment during the War of the Austrian Succession, but died at Bergues, French Flanders on 23 October 1748. Provided by Wikipedia
1
Published: [2022]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
Links: Get full text; Get full text; Cover