Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

John Cameron, (31 March 1817 – 30 June 1878) was a senior

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officer who served as executive officer and director-general of the

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. Cameron was son of Lieutenant General Sir John Cameron, and brother to General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron. Cameron was awarded the Fellowship of the

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on 4 June 1868.

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