Family and Later Life
After his return to England, Cameron was promoted lieutenant-general, was appointed Commissioner to enquire into the present state of Military Education in this country, received the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and general (1874), and served, 1868–1875, as Governor of the Royal Military College Sandurst.
On 10 September 1873, he married Louisa Flora (died 5 May 1875), fourth daughter of Andrew Maclean, deputy inspector-general of the Military College, Sandhurst. He died without issue at Blackheath on 7 June 1888 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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