Allan Cameron of Lochiel’s Highlanders
| Active | 1640 |
| 1651 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | Second Bishops’ War |
| Third Civil War | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Allan Cameron |
| Sir Ewen Cameron | |
| Area Raised | Lochiel |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Argyll 1640 |
Covenanter Highlanders accompanying Argyll on his Highland campaign during the Second Bishops’ War
Later led by Sir Ewan Cameron of Lochiel
Service History
1640
- Raised in Lochiel
- Raid the Keppoch MacDonalds of Lochaber
- Raid Badenoch
- Raid the Braes of Mar
- Raid the Ogilvys at The Braes of Airlie
- July: Raze the House of Airlie and Forter House
- July: Plunder the Robertsons of Rannoch
- August: Return home
1650
- December: Sir Ewen Cameron commissioned colonel to raise his clansmen into a regiment
1651
- March against Clanranald to collect feu duty
- Harry the lands of McDonald of Keppoch, who owed Cameron mortgage payments
- Disbanded
Notes
A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0
A contingent of Clan Cameron, they were persuaded to join Argyll in 1640 by their enmity for Huntly. The clan was raised again in 1651 but did little more than raid their neighbours and demand money with menaces.
