Early Life and Family
Born in Inverness-shire, he was the eldest of the offspring of Sir William Cameron, of Upper Muckovie, near Culloden (b. Abertarff, Croy and Dalcross, Inverness-shire, 4 February 1806) and wife (m. Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, 16 June 1840) Catherine Cameron (b. Tomchrasky, Inverness-shire, 22 January 1809), daughter of Ewen Cameron, a farmer of Tomchrasky, Glen Moriston (Dores, Inveness-shire, 1775 - Tomchrasky, Invernessshire, 17 February 1842) and Helen McDonnell (1776 - Tomchrasky, Inverness-shire, 18 April 1861).
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