# Chiefs of Clan Cameron

The following is a list of the Chiefs of Clan Cameron, the senior line of the ancient Cameron clan. The chief is seated at Achnacarry Castle and uniquely referred to as the Lochiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Iall).
| No. | Name | Died | Details |
| VII | Sir John Cameron | | Said to have led the clan at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. |
| VIII | John Ochtery Cameron | | Said to have led the clan at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. |
| IX | Allan MacOchtery Cameron | | Son of VIII. |
| X | Ewen MacAllan Cameron | | Son of IX; died without issue. |
| XI | Donald Dubh Cameron | | Son of IX. Fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. All subsequent chiefs were known as Mac Dhomhnaill Dubh. |
| XII | Allan MacIldny Cameron | 1480 | Son of XI. Killed in battle in 1480 fighting the Mackintoshes. |
| XIII | Ewen Mor Cameron of Lochiel | 1547 | Son of XII. Famed for interactions with the witch Gormla of Moy, he was executed for treason in 1547. |
| XIV | Ewen Beag Cameron of Lochiel | 1554 | Grandson of XIII. Descendants of Beag's illegitimate son Dubh Taillear became the Taylor sept. |
| XV | Donald Dubh MacDonald Cameron of Lochiel | 1565 | Younger brother of XIV. Fought at the Battle of Corrichie in 1562 in support of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
| XVI | Allan Cameron of Lochiel | 1647 | Son of XV's younger brother. |
| XVII | Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel | 1719 | Grandson of XVI. Most famous chief in clan history, known as Ewen Dubh, said to have killed the last wolf in Scotland and led the Jacobites at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. |
| XVIII | John Cameron, Lord Lochiel | 1747 | Son of XVII. Created Lord Lochiel in Jacobite peerage, died in exile in France. |
| XIX | Donald Cameron of Lochiel | 1748 | Son of XVIII. Known as the Gentle Lochiel, led the clan at the Battle of Culloden and escaped to France with Bonnie Prince Charlie. His brother Dr Archie Cameron was hanged, drawn and beheaded in 1753, the last Jacobite to be executed. |
| XX | John Cameron, 20th Lochiel | 1762 | Son of XIX. |
| XXI | Charles Cameron, 21st Lochiel | 1776 | Younger son of XIX. |
| XXII | Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel | 1832 | Son of XXI. In 1784 Cameron estates were restored; married Hon. Anne Abercromby, daughter of Sir Ralph Abercromby. |
| XXIII | Donald Cameron, 23rd Lochiel | 1858 | Son of XXII. Fought with distinction at the Battle of Waterloo; married Lady Vere Hobart, sister of the Earl of Buckinghamshire and a scion of the Camerons of Glendessary. |
| XXIV | Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel | 1905 | Son of XXIII. Diplomat, MP and groom-in-waiting to Queen Victoria; married Lady Margaret Scott, daughter of Duke of Buccleuch. |
| XXV | Sir Donald Walter Cameron KT, 25th Lochiel | 1951 | Son of XXIV. Colonel of Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, fought in the Second Boer War and World War I; married Lady Hermione Graham, daughter of Duke of Montrose. |
| XXVI | Sir Donald Hamish Cameron KT, 26th Lochiel | 2004 | Son of XXV. Fought in the Italian campaign of World War II with Lovat Scouts; married Margot Gathorne-Hardy, niece of the Earl of Cranbrook. |
| XXVII | Donald Angus Cameron, 27th Lochiel | 2023 | Son of XXVI. Former Lord Lieutenant of Inverness. Married Lady Cecil Kerr, daughter of the Marquess of Lothian, in 1974. |
| XXVIII | Donald Andrew John Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochiel, 28th Lochiel | | Son of XXVII. The current chief of Clan Cameron. A Scottish Conservative Party politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region between 2016 and 2024, before being appointed to the House of Lords. Married to Sarah MacIay, niece of Lord MacIay. |