Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (February 1629 – February 1719 ) was a Scottish highland chieftain, the 17th Chief of Clan Cameron.
Macaulay called Ewen the "Ulysses of the Highlands". He was a man of enormous strength and size. An incident showing his strength and ferocity in single combat is used by Sir Walter Scott in Lady of the Lake (canto v.).
He was the eldest son of Margaret Campbell and John Cameron (c. 1567/68 - c. 1647). He was the grandso...
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Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (February 1629 – February 1719 ) was a Scottish highland chieftain, the 17th Chief of Clan Cameron.
Macaulay called Ewen the "Ulysses of the Highlands". He was a man of enormous strength and size. An incident showing his strength and ferocity in single combat is used by Sir Walter Scott in Lady of the Lake (canto v.).
He was the eldest son of Margaret Campbell and John Cameron (c. 1567/68 - c. 1647). He was the grandson of Allan Cameron of Lochiel, 16th Chief of Clan Cameron (c. 1567/68 - c. 1647; son of John Cameron and unknown daughter Mackintosh).
Having lost his father in infancy, he passed part of his youth with the Marquess of Argyll at Inveraray, leaving his guardian about 1647 to take up his duties as Chief of Clan Cameron, a position in which he succeeded his grandfather.
Ewen joined the Earl of Glencairn in the Royalist rising of 1651 to 1654 and won several minor battles; after the defeat of this attempt he served the royalist cause by harassing...
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