Sir John Cameron | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Cameron_John_(1773-1844).jpg) Lieutenant-General Sir John Cameron, KCB | |
| Born | 3 Jan 1773 Culchenna, Inverness, Scotland |
| Died | 23 Nov 1844 (aged 71) Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg){kind=small} British Army |
| Years of service | 1787-1844 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | 43rd Regiment of Foot Western District |
| Battles / wars | Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794) Peninsular War |
| Awards | KCB Knight of the Tower and Sword (Portugal) |
| Relations | Captain Ewen Cameron, 43rd Foot, killed at Battle of the Côa, 24 July 1810 (brother) General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB (1808-1888) (son) Maj.-Gen. John Cameron RE, CB, FRS (1817-1878), Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (son) |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Cameron, KCB (3 January 1773 – 23 November 1844), of Culchenna, Inverness, Scotland, was a British Army officer and commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.[1]
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.