Charles Cameron (26 July 1779 Driminasalie,

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, Inverness-shire, Scotland – 14 May 1827 Chinsurah, near Calcutta, West Bengal, India), was a Scots born soldier. Through his children he is linked with a number of political and other people influential in Australian history.

Military career

Initially serving as a volunteer, he was commissioned an ensign and lieutenant in the 92nd Regiment in 1799, later joining the 3rd Regiment, promoted captain in 1804, major in 1813 and lieutenant-colonel in 1819. From 14 December 1822, Cameron was appointed commandant of

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, serving from 1 February 1823 – 6 April 1825.

Family

Cameron was the son of Donald and Catherine Cameron. He married Charlotte Euphemia Cameron (1779–1803) in 1800, Mary MacDonnell in 1807 and after her death Luduvina Rosa Da Silva in Portugal in 1812. After his death, Luduvina married Captain

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in 1832 in Sydney. The children of Charles and Luduvina included: *Charlotte (1813-1885) married William Hampden Dutton (Sydney 1831) *Julia Anne Ludovina (c. 1820 - 1846) married Dr George Bennett of Sydney *

Ewen Wallace Cameron Ewen Wallace Cameron (26 July 1816 – 25 May 1876) was a French-born Australian businessman. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cameron and Luduvina Rosa Da Silva, and migrated to New South Wales in 1822 with his family. He became ...

(1816-1876) *Luduvina (1824-1851) married (Sir)

George Strickland Kingston Sir George Strickland Kingston (23 August 1807 – 26 November 1880) was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia on the in 1836. Kingston was also the first Spea ...

(1841)

References

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1779 births 1827 deaths Gordon Highlanders officers British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars British Army personnel of the Peninsular War Deaths from cholera Infectious disease deaths in India Scottish military personnel {{British-Army-bio-stub