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Alexander G.C.B., of an ancient Highland clan, was born about 1808. He entered the army in 1825, becaooe Captain in 1833, Major in 1839, Colonel in 1854, and Major-General in 1859. He served with distinction in the Crimean campaign of 1854-5, having commanded the 42nd regiment at the battle of the Alma, and the Highland brigade at the battle of Balaklava, and was sent out to command the troops in New Zealand, with the local rank of Lieutenant-General, in 1863. In that capacity he highly distinguished himself, and in 1864 he was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Military Division, in recognition of his able service against the Maoris. Sir D. Cameron was made Colonel of the 42nd Foot Sept. 9, 1863; and he was Governor of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from 1868 to June, 1875. He was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1873. He was promoted to the rank of General in the Army in Jan., 1875.

CAMERON, Simon, born in Lancaster co., Pennsylvania, March 8, 1799. Left an orphan at the age of nine, he learned the trade of a printer, and in 1820 became editor of a country newspaper. In 1822 he removed to Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, and took charge of the leading Democratic paper of the state. In 1832 he was president of a bank, and soon after at the head of two railway companies. In 1845 he was elected United States Senator, to fill a vacancy, acting throughout with the Democrats. In 1856 he became affiliated with "the people's party" in Pennsylvania (subsequently merged in the Republican party); and in the winter following was again elected United States Senator. He was supported by the Republicans of several states as a candidate for the Presidency in 1860, After Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, he nominated Mr. Cameron for Secretary of War. He served in this capacity till Jan. 11, 1862, when he was appointed Minister to Russia, but returned to the United States in November of the same year. In 1866 he was again elected United States Senator, and in 1872 he replaced Mr. Sumner as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. He was re-elected in 1873, but resigned his seat in 1877, and was succeeded by his son, J. Donald Cameron (who still retains it). Since 1877 Mr. Cameron has taken no part in public life.

CAMERON, Verney Lovett, C.B., D.C.L., son of the Rev. Jonathan Henry Lovett Cameron, now vicar of Shoreham, is a native of Radipole, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, and was educated at Bruton, Somersetshire. He was appointed Naval Cadet in Aug., 1857; Midshipman in Jan., 1860; Sub-Lieutenant in Aug., 1863; Lieutenant in Oct., 1865; and Commander in July, 1876. He served in the Illustrious from 1857 to Oct., 1858; then in the Victor Emanuel till Aug., 1861 ; in the Liffey till July, 1862; in the Defence till March, 1864; in the Hector till July, 1864; in the Terrible from April, 1865, to Oct., 1865; in the Excellent from Jan., 1866, to Oct., 1866; in the Star from Oct., 1866, to Oct., 1870, and in the Steam Reserve at Sheerness from July, 1871, to Nov., 1872. Between Nov., 1872, and April, 1876, Lieutenant Cameron was engaged in that exploration of Africa which has made his name so familiar to the British public. He is the first Englishman or European traveller who has crossed the whole breadth of the African continent in its central latitudes beyond the western shore of Lake Tanganyika to the Atlantic sea coast of Lower Guinea. He left England under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society, in charge of the East Coast Livingtone Search Expedition. His companions were Dr. Dillon, Mr.