| Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1946 | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Lochaber, Highlands, Scotland | ||||||||
| Education: | Christ Church, Oxford | ||||||||
| Father: | Donald Cameron | ||||||||
| Relatives: | Donald Cameron (grandfather) | ||||||||
| Children: | 4, including Donald | ||||||||
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Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, (2 August 1946 – 20 October 2023) was the 27th Chief of Clan Cameron. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness from 2002 to 2021.
He was the eldest son of four children born to Col. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, 26th Chief,, and his wife, Margaret Gathorne-Hardy, only daughter of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Nigel Gathorne-Hardy, himself son of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook.[1]
He was educated at Harrow and went on to read history at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated as MA.[2]
Donald Cameron, younger of Lochiel, as he was then known, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) in 1966. He resigned that commission in 1968. He then trained as a chartered accountant (FCA, 1971).
In 1983, Prince Naruhito (the present Emperor of Japan) stayed at Achnacarry Castle during an expedition to climb Ben Nevis, hosted by Lochiel.[3] [4]
Upon the death of his father in 2004, he assumed the chiefship of Clan Cameron, becoming the 27th Chief "Lochiel". Between 1994 and 1996, he served as president of the Highland Society of London charity. In 1986, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, and later served as the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire from 2002 until 2021.[5] He also held the office of Justice of the peace for Inverness-shire. He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2018 New Year Honours.[6]
From 1985 until his death Lochiel was disabled, suffering from multiple sclerosis.[7] [8]
Lochiel died on 20 October 2023, at the age of 77, at his residence of Achnacarry, and was succeeded by his son, the Rt. Hon. Donald Cameron.[9] Lochiel was described as "the most courageous and loving of men, who...as clan chief and Lord Lieutenant of Inverness, was at the heart of life in the West Highlands".[10] [11]
On 1 June 1974 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, he married Lady Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr,, daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, by his wife Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian.[12] They had four children: