Clan Cameron

16 November: #OTD in 2001 the adventure video game "The Cameron Files: The Secret at Loch Ness" - featuring detective Alan Parker Cameron, who investigated the secret case of the monster of Loch Ness - was released. photos.app.goo.gl/WHXeqcpxwV…

15 November: #OTD in 1932 British singer, actress and composer Petula "Sally Olwen" Clark, CBE was born in #Ewell, Surrey, England. photos.app.goo.gl/QzhvHqwHfS…

15 November: #OTD in 1927 up and coming comedian - in the age of silent films - Eugene G. Cameron died near #Sentinel, Arizona, USA. photos.app.goo.gl/rHJE7AqQnx…

14 November: #OTD in 1876 Canadian lawyer and politician John Hillyard Cameron died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

14 November: #OTD in 1682 "Complaints exhibited against Cameron of #Lochiel and his clan, for sorning, robbing, deforcing, and doing violence and affronts to a party of the King's forces..." This was done to cause him (to) give way to Huntley's getting a footing in #Lochaber.

13 November: #OTD in 1715 John Cameron of #Lochiel, XVIII Chief of #ClanCameron led clansmen at the Battle of #Sheriffmuir. The Camerons were among the "left wing," in an indecisive battle against Hanoverian troops under the Duke of Argyll. photos.app.goo.gl/kHVnHN8FzS…

11 November: #OTD in 2017 boxer Chantelle Cameron (@chantellecam) won her first professional Lightweight title belt at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre (@HighlandCentre). photos.app.goo.gl/v5HCkHV8Ch…

11 November: #OTD in 1920 - on #ArmisticeDay - the burial of the Unknown Warrior/serviceman took place in Westminster Abbey (@wabbey), #London. His body was brought and buried at the west end of the nave to represent those who lost their lives in #WWI. photos.app.goo.gl/7Gk6KUgmsa…

10 November: #OTD in 2023 Donald Angus Cameron of #Lochiel, XXVII Chief of Clan Cameron had his funeral service at St. Andrew's Church, #FortWilliam and burial at #Achnacarry.

10 November: #OTD in 2009 Robert William Cameron, famed American photographer and author of numerous "Above..." books - featuring aerial photographs of numerous cities throughout the globe - died in #PacificHeights, California, USA. photos.app.goo.gl/LoAHnB9SB5…

10 November: #OTD in 1873 William Cameron was born in #Nigg, Aberdeen, Scotland. President, Cameron Can Co., #Chicago, IL, USA. President, Illinois Saint Andrew Society, 1934. photos.app.goo.gl/t3ctgQaTK2…

9 November: #OTD in 1972 novelist Robert Crichton's best-selling work The Camerons, the story of a determined Scots coal mining family, was published. photos.app.goo.gl/M1Vckd2KJY…

9 November: #OTD in 1953 Scottish footballer Daniel "Danny" Cameron was born in #Dundee, Scotland. Preston North End FC, 1975-1981. photos.app.goo.gl/Rca8UbxahW…

8 November: #OTD in 1962 master golf club craftsman Donald T. "Scotty" Cameron (@ScottyCameron) was born in #Glendale, California, USA. photos.app.goo.gl/mk6RtGzwfQ…

8 November: #OTD in 1536 Donald - the eldest son and heir of Ewen MacAllan Cameron, XIII Chief of #ClanCameron - was granted a charter by King James V of the lands of Knoydart, #GlenNevis and "others in Inverness-shire." photos.app.goo.gl/K7bW9oQCWY…

7 November: #OTD in 1875 explorer Verney L. Cameron became the first European to cross equatorial Africa. During his journey he met the servants of Dr. Livingstone - who had died - these men bore the body of the recently deceased Livingstone. photos.app.goo.gl/mMKHvJVY1P…

Cameron House 408 Queen St W. Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A7 Canada (416) 703-0811 thecameron.com photos.app.goo.gl/JGC9rJCj78…

6 November: #OTD in 2021 the Lochiel Enclosure at the Old Kilmallie Graveyard, with a slate plaque commemorating the 300th death of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (a much-postponed ceremony due to COVID restrictions). photos.app.goo.gl/hzJVLviGvh…

5 November: #OTD in 1943 #Commandos stationed at #Achnacarry for #WW2 training accidentally burned the center of the castle and gutted its roof. #Lochiel had loaned his estate for training - however, the residence was repaired in due time.