Maclean, L, - Indomitable Colonel - the life of Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cameron of Erract (1750-1828)

Shepheard-Walwyn, London, 1968. 322pp, index, illustrations. Sir Alan Cameron was the sole founder of the 79th Regiment, The Cameron Highlanders and its first Colonel. The author, a direct descendant, describes the amazing life of this man who was born shortly after the breaking up of the clans. As a young man he went to America after killing his challenger in a duel. There he got mixed up in the American War of Independence, being captured and escaping several times. Back in London he played a leading part in the repeal of the 'Unclothing Act' that forbade the wearing of Highland Dress. He then went on to raise the 79th Regiment and fought with it over the next twenty years in the long wars with France. Green cloth boards, illustrated dj. VG.