Capt. Peter Cameron

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Naval officer with H.E.I.C.S., first recorded 1800 on Ceres, by 1810 as captain of Ann, 1818 of General Hewitt. and 1819 London. He was Commander of Earl of Balcarres 1821-1827.
His will of 1839 left his house in Blackheath and contents to his friends Samuel and Elizabeth Penelope Granger, the residue to his executor, his brother Sir Duncan Cameron who was was served heir to him 1848.
In 1844 he was recorded as owning at least £1000 of East India Stock.

Said to be unmarried, but he is probably the Peter Cameron Esq, in the service of the Hon. East India Company, who married 6 Oct 1820, Comely Bank, Edinburgh, Mary Ann Allan, third dau. of Mr William Allan (Ref. Blackwood's Magazine)

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Initially of Inverscaddle, Guardian or curator first for his cousin Charles 21st of Lochiel (1764) and later for the young Donald Cameron, 22nd of Lochiel. He bought Callart estate in 1787, and from at least 1816 lived at Arthurstone, nr Meigle, Perthshire. - see Stewart, p. 216,7

Ewen married Louisa Campbell on 2 Nov 1767. Louisa (daughter of Duncan Campbell and Mary Macpherson) was born in ca 1747; died on 14 Oct 1777 in Fassifern. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Previously recorded as alive 1818 and died Aug 1836 at Fort William (?source)

Died:
Ref. Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser (London, England), Thursday, October 23, 1777 - 'Mrs Cameron, younger, of Fasfern, and only daughter of Duncan Campbell, Esq, of Glenure'

Other Events:

• Ancestor of Line: [Fassie] CAMERONS of FASSIFERN

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2nd son of John Cameron of Lochiel, 18th Chief of Clan Cameron.
About 1721 he went to West Indies and sold (to Ewen Drummond, his cousin) the estate given him by his father, as the start of his business career (Stewart p. 307).
Imprisoned in Edinburgh, and then banished to Alnwick in 1755 for 10 years, returning ca 1768

John married Jean Campbell on 23 Aug 1734 in Kenmore, Perthshire. Jean (daughter of John Campbell, 5th of Achalader, Perthshire and Katherine Cameron) died on ca Apr 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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marriage contracts 23 Sep 1734, 30 Jan 1736

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6th Laird of Barcaldine and of Glenure

Duncan married Mary Macpherson in ca 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dau. of Alexander Macpherson

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of the '15. He was exiled to France, living in Paris until about 1827, and then in Boulogne. He was in Scotland from about November 1745, leaving with his son and the Prince in September 1746(Ref. John Gibson, Lochiel of the '45)

John married Isabel Campbell in ca 1696. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dau. of Alexander Campbell 6th of Lochnell (Lochiel inventory)(marriage contract 1 Jun 1696, deed about marriage contract 5 Aug 1703)
A Campbell history suggests she was grandau. of Alexander Campbell 6th of Lochnell and dau. of Archibald Campbell of Ballimore and Margaret Campbell

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Marriage contract 3 Oct 1696

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bought estate of Ballied, nr Dunkeld

John married Katherine Cameron in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
(marriage contract 5 Mar 1712)

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married as his 2nd wife (marriage contract 2 Apr 1707)

Patrick married Lucy Cameron in ca 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]