Background
He was the eldest son of Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel, and succeeded his father as chief in 1906.
He was the eldest son of Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel, and succeeded his father as chief in 1906.
In 1914 Cameron (who was then Commanding Officer of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the Queen"s Own Cameron Highlanders) was asked by Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener to raise a battalion of infantry. Lochiel agreed, on condition that he would be its commanding officer This became the 5th (Service) Battalion of the regiment, which saw distinguished service on the western front as part 9th (Scottish) Division.
Lochiel was invalided home in 1916 but resumed command of the 3rd Battalion in January 1918, when it was in Ireland.
He was knighted in 1934, and from 1939 he was the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire.
