Clan Cameron

Clan Cameron kin
	Chambers, Chalmers, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Cleary, Clerk, Dowie, Gibbon , Grimesey, Kennedy, Krywonis, Leary, Lokcick, Lonbie, Lonie, MacAldowie, MacAlonie, MacChlerich, MacChlery, MacClair, MacClerie, MacElhaney, MacG MacGillery, MacIldowie, MacKail, MacKell, MacLear, MacLeary, MacLerie, MacMartin, MacOnie, MacOstrich, MacOurlic, MacPhail, MacSorley, MacUlric, MacUlrig, MacVail, MacWalrick, Martin, Paul, Sorley, Sorlie, Taylor

Chief
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Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel
27. Chief of Clan Cameron
Chief Title (Gaelic)	Mac Dhomnuill Dubh
Seat	Achnacarry Castle
Historic seat	Gate Castle

Clan Cameron
coat of arms
	Motto : (old): Mo Righ 's Mo Dhuchaich ( "For King and Country"). ; (current): Aonaibh Ri Chéile (“Let us unite”).
	Battle cry : Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil ("Sons of dogs, come here and get your meat!")
portrait
region	Highlands
district	Hole but
Plant badge	Crowberries or oak
Gaelic names	cam-shròn

Clan branches
Cameron of Lochiel (chiefs) Cameron of Erracht Cameron of Clunes Cameron of Glen Nevis Cameron of Fassifern.

Affiliated clans
Clan Donald Clan MacMillan

Rival clans
Clan Mackintosh Clan Macpherson Chattan Confederation Clan Grant

Cameron is the name of a Scottish clan from the Fort William area .

history

The name is derived from a chief of the 14th century described with camsron , which means "crooked nose". In 1370 the Camerons were embroiled in a major clan dispute when they attacked Clan Chattan over a land dispute and defeated the Davidsons and Mackintoshs before the Macphersons , who had withdrawn over disputes with the Davidsons over the order of battle, returned and the Camerons beat. In 1745, Chief Donald Cameron of Lochiel decided to take the side of the awakening Jacobite revolt and thus made a decisive contribution to its development. The battle cry of the Camerons, known as fierce fighters, was Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil! (Gaelic for "sons of the dog, come here and get your meat!").

The clan's motto is Aonaibh ri cheile ("Let us unite").

Clan badge and motto
Coat of arms of the Cameron of Lochiel
Tartan
Victorian depiction of a clan member

literature

Alan Bold: Scottish tartans. Pitkin Pictorials, London 1978, ISBN 0-85372-245-5 .

Web links

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↑ ^a ^b Cameron Reference File . Retrieved December 7, 2007.
^ The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans . p.11. (Accessed April 24, 2009). Edinburgh: W. & AK Johnston, 1900 (?).

[clan-cameron.org-cam-ref-1] Cameron Reference File . Retrieved December 7, 2007.

[2] The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans . p.11. (Accessed April 24, 2009). Edinburgh: W. & AK Johnston, 1900 (?).