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The Camerons of Fassifern
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 1870 - 1944 (73 years)
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| Name |
Archibald Rice Cameron |
| Prefix |
Gen. Sir |
| Suffix |
GBE, KCB, CMG |
| Born |
28 Aug 1870 |
St Georges, Hanover Square, London  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Jun 1944 |
| Person ID |
I3214 |
Fassifern Direct |
| Last Modified |
14 May 2011 |
| Father |
Ralph Abercromby Cameron, b. 1839, Warwick, ENGLAND , d. 2 May 1927 (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Anne Heckstetter Yea Thompson, b. Abt 1847, Wiltshire, ENGLAND , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
1869 |
St Georges, Hanover Square, London |
| Family ID |
F1040 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- «b»Lt.-Gen. Sir Archibald Rice Cameron«sup»1«/sup»
«/b»M, #199664, b. 28 August 1870, d. 18 June 1944
Lt.-Gen. Sir Archibald Rice Cameron|b. 28 Aug 1870\\nd. 18 Jun 1944|p19967.htm#i199664|Ralph Abercromby Cameron|b. 20 May 1839\\nd. 2 May 1927|p19967.htm#i199661|Charlotte Anne Heckstetter Yea Thompson|b. c 1845\\nd. 25 Mar 1910|p19967.htm#i199663|Reverend Alexander Cameron||p19966.htm#i199659|Hon. Charlotte Rice|d. 8 Sep 1882|p19966.htm#i199660|Reverend Henry Thompson||p19967.htm#i199662||||
Last Edited=8 Jul 2006
Lt.-Gen. Sir Archibald Rice Cameron was born on 28 August 1870.«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Ralph Abercromby Cameron«/u» and «u»Charlotte Anne Heckstetter Yea Thompson«/u».«sup»2«/sup» He died on 18 June 1944 at age 73, unmarried.«sup»1«/sup»
Lt.-Gen. Sir Archibald Rice Cameron was educated at «u»Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was educated at «u»Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902.«sup»1«/sup» He fought in the First World War.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1915.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1917.«sup»1«/sup» He was GOC of the 4th Division between 1927 and 1931.«sup»1«/sup» He was Colonel Black Watch in 1929.«sup»1«/sup» He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1931.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1933.«sup»1«/sup» He was GOC of the Scotland Command between 1933 and 1937.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Governor of Edinburgh Castle between 1936 and 1937.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1937.«sup»1«/sup»
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