page_title: Ewen Cameron (banker)
section_title: Early life and family
hierarchical_section_title: Ewen Cameron (banker) / Early life and family
caption_attribution_description: English: Easter Muckovie Farm trigpoint Sits in the corner of a field surrounded by electric fencing so visitors beware!
context_page_description: Sir Ewen Cameron KCMG FRGS was a Scottish merchant banker and chartered accountant of the late 19th century, who rose to be chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London.
  He played a key role in arranging loans from the Rothschild family to the Empire of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.
context_section_description: Cameron was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, the eldest child of William Cameron (b. 4 February 1806 at Abertarff) of Upper Muckovie, near Culloden by Croy, by his wife (m. 16 June 1840), Catherine Cameron (b. 22 January 1809), daughter of Ewen Cameron (1775–1842), a farmer and kinsman of Tomchrasky, Glen Moriston and Helen McDonnell (1776–1861).
caption: Muckovie, Inverness-shire
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