Cameron, Sir Ewen

Cameron, Sir Ewen

▪ Scottish Highland chieftain
born February 1629
died February 1719

      Scottish Highland chieftain, a strong supporter of the Stuart monarchs Charles II and James II of England. A man of enormous bulk, Lochiel became renowned for his feats of strength and ferocity in combat.

      He was born into the ancient clan Cameron, of which he became chief about 1647. After the execution of King Charles I by the English Parliament in January 1649, Lochiel joined the Royalist cause, and in 1653 he fought with distinction in the Earl of Glencairn's uprising on behalf of Charles I's son Charles II. Even after Glencairn had stopped his resistance, Lochiel continued to harass the forces of the English general George Monck. He came to terms with Monck in 1658 and accompanied him on the march on London that brought Charles II to the throne (1660). He was knighted by Charles in 1681.

      Following the overthrow of Charles's brother, James II, by William and Mary in 1688, Lochiel joined the uprising of Scottish “Jacobites”—as James's adherents were called—and played a key role in the victory over William's forces at Killiecrankie Pass, Perthshire (July 17, 1689). Although Lochiel was too old to join the Jacobite uprising of 1715, his sons led the Camerons into battle. An incident in which Lochiel slew a foe by biting into his neck was used by Sir Walter Scott as a model for the description of the fight between Roderick Dhu and FitzJames in canto V of The Lady of the Lake.

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