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Cameron of Lochiel, Sir Ewen

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Cameron of Lochiel, Sir Ewen or Evan (kăm`ərən, lŏkh-ēl`), 1629–1719, chief of the Scottish highland clan of Cameron after 1647. On behalf of Charles II Charles II, 1630–85, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660–85), eldest surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Early Life

..... Click the link for more information.  he led his clan in an uprising against the Commonwealth in 1653, and only in 1658 did he submit to the Puritan general George Monck Monck or Monk, George, 1st duke of Albemarle, 1608–70, English soldier and politician.
..... Click the link for more information. . He accompanied Monck to London in 1660 and was received at the court of the restored Charles II. He was knighted in 1681. A supporter of James II James II, 1633–1701, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1685–88); second son of Charles I, brother and successor of Charles II. Early Life

..... Click the link for more information. , he took part in the Jacobite victory over the forces of William III William III, 1650–1702, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England.
..... Click the link for more information.  at Killiecrankie in 1689 and sent his clan to aid the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Lochiel was a romantic warrior of great strength, and from one of his feats Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Early Life and Works

..... Click the link for more information.  drew his description of the fight between Roderick Dhu and Fitz James in The Lady of the Lake.
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