Cameron “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Cameron Family History & Surname
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1) borne by John Cameron (1426-1446), Bishop of Glasgow and Keeper of the Privy Seal, youngest of the three sons of Allan Cameron, 9th Chief of Lochiel, son of John Cameron who supposedly led the clan at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333 - Argent three bars gules
2) borne by the descendants of Thomas Cameron, medical doctor, of Worcestershire (1704-1777), son of Rev. John Cameron (c. 1654-1719), Minister of Callendar, son of Rev. Archibald Cameron (1587-1662), Minister of Inchcalzeach, son of either John Cameron, Minister of Dunoon or Thomas Cameron, of Glasgow, brothers of the 14th and 15th Captains of Clan Cameron - Argent three bars gules a border azure. Crest-A dexter arm in armour embowed grasping a sword all proper.
3) Dr. Archibald Henry Foley Cameron (1829-1900) of Liverpool, and later of Lakefield, Inverness, Scotland, son of Archibald Cameron (1782-1826) of Worcester, son of Charles Cameron (1748-1818), physician and graduate of Balliol, College, Oxford - Argent three bars gules within a bordure engrailed azure. Crest-A dexter hand grasping a sword proper. Motto-Pro rege et patria.
4) Lochiel, chief of the clan Cameron: arms given as recorded in 1795 -Gules two bars or. Crest-A sheaf of five arrows tied with a band gules. Supporters-Two savages wreathed head and middle with oak, each holding in his exterior hand a Lochaber axe proper.
Allan Cameron (c. 1330-1411), 9th Chief of Lochiel, son of John Cameron who supposedly led the clan at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333
Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c. 1695 - 1748), popularly known as the Gentle Lochiel, was a Scottish Jacobite and hereditary chief of Clan Cameron, traditionally loyal to the exiled House of Stuart, son of John Cameron (1663-1747), son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, the 17th Chief, son of John Cameron, son of Allan Cameron (c. 1567-1647)
5) The Cameron baronetcy of Fassiefern and Callart in the County of Argyll and of Arthurstone in the County of Angus was created in 1817 for Sir Ewen Cameron, 1st Baronet (1740-1828), son of John Cameron of Fassiefern (1698-1785). The baronetcy was created in recognition the military service his son, Colonel John Cameron (1771-1815), had rendered, serving as a military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, killed during the Battle of Quatre-Bras - Gules three bars or, on a bend ermine a sphinx between the Badge of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and the Gold Medal presented to Col. Cameron by the Grand Seignieur, on a chief embattled a representation of the town of Aire, in France, all proper. Crest-1st: (of honourable augmentation, granted to Col. Cameron, 20 May, 1815) A demi Highlander of the 92nd regiment, wading through water, holding in the dexter hand a sword, and in the sinister a banner, thereon the number “92” within a wreath of laurel; 2nd: Out of a mural crown or, a dexter arm embowed in armour, the hand grasping a sword, all proper. Supporters-On either side a Highlander, in the uniform of the 92nd regiment, holding in the exterior hand a musket all ppr. Mottoes-Over the first crest: Arriverette; over the second: Pro rege et patria; under the arms: Maya.
6) Lieutenant-General William Neville Cameron (1754-1837), son of William Cameron (born 1716), had sons William Gordon Cameron (1790-1856) of Nea House, Hampshire, England, Justice of the Peace, and Lieutenant Colonel Neville Somerville Cameron (1792-1833) - Or, two bars gules. Crest: on a wreath, a dexter in argent, in armour, embowed proper garnished or, holding in the hand a sword, also proper pomel and hilt gold.
7) Hugh Innes Cameron, Provost of Dingwall from 1833-1840 - Gules three bars or, in case a starfish with a heart between the lower rays of the last, on a chief gules a stag’s head cabossed of the second between two spur-revels argent.
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