Person Cameron; John (1817 - 1878); Army officer and Director of the Ordnance Survey Cameron John Army officer and Director of the Ordnance Survey John Cameron of Culchenna 1817 - 1878 British Male St. Amands, French Flanders, Belgium 31 March 1817 18170331 Ordnance House, The Avenue, Southampton, England 30 June 1878 18780630 Burial: Southampton Old Cemetery, England, grave H55 37.

Southampton (1862)

Soldier; Surveyor Career: Served with the Royal Engineers; joined the Ordnance Survey as First Lieutenant (1839); Executive Officer, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (by 1862); left on promotion to Major General (1874); re-joined as Director, Ordnance Survey (1875-1878); Lieutenant General (by 1878); died of pneumonia. Parents: Lt. General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B. (1773-1844), of Culchenna, and Amelia Emily Brock (1776-1858). Siblings: General Sir Duncan Cameron (20 May 1808-8 June 1888) of the Black Watch. Spouse: Matilda Susannah White (1822-1878), (25 April 1843), committed suicide. Children: Captain John Duncan Cameron (1844-1928); Colonel James Cameron (1848-1926); Saumarez William Cameron (1850-1916); Emily Louisa Cameron (1853-1916); Captain Charles Barton Cameron (1857-1919); Annie Janet Cameron (1859-1943); Marian Francis Cameron (1859-1932); Lieutenant Colonel Ewan Conwallis Cameron (1865-1932). Fellow 04/06/1868 51 Henry James; George Biddell Airy; Roderick Impey Murchison; John Washington; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; William Spottiswoode; John Henry Lefroy; John Phillips; Charles James Buchanan Riddell; George Henry Richards; Douglas Galton John Tyndall; William George Armstrong; Thomas Henry Huxley; Andrew Scott Waugh; Thomas Sopwith; John Theophilus Boileau; Warington Wilkinson Smyth; Henry William Bristow; Alexander Strange; James Ranald Martin; William John Macquorn Rankine Sources: Bulloch's Roll; research of Paul Fuller. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 31 Mar 1817 - 30 Jun 1878 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 05/08/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1452 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 7b9259b9-634b-4f57-af10-21c2d3212bf2