page_title: Cameron of Erracht
section_title: Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht
hierarchical_section_title: Cameron of Erracht / History / Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Alan Cameron of Erracht (1753–1828)
context_page_description: The Camerons of Erracht were a minor noble Scottish family and a branch of the Clan Cameron, a Highland Scottish clan. In Scottish Gaelic they are known as the Sliochd Eòghain mhic Eòghain.
context_section_description: Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht raised the 79th or Cameron Highlanders in 1793. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant and led the regiment through the severe campaigns in Flanders from 1794 to 1795. In 1797 the regiment was broken up and two hundred and ten men joined the Black Watch regiment. In 1798 Cameron of Erracht raised a second 79th regiment that was seven hundred and eighty strong and after taking part in many engagements he died in 1828 in Fulham.
caption: Alan Cameron of Erracht, founder of the regiment
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