Cameron Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons named Cameron, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both titles are extinct.

Cameron Baronets, of Fassiefern (1817)

The Cameron Baronetcy, of Fassiefern in the County of Argyll, was created on 8 March 1817 for Ewen Cameron.
  • Sir Ewen Cameron, 1st Baronet (1740–1828)
  • Sir Duncan Cameron, 2nd Baronet (c.
    Circa
    Circa , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...

    1785–1863)

Cameron Baronets, of Balclutha (1893)

The Cameron Baronetcy, of Balclutha in the parish of Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

 in the County of Renfrew, was created on 27 August 1893 for the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Charles Cameron
Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Baronet was a Scottish doctor, newspaper editor and an advanced Liberal politician....

, a former editor of the North British Daily Mail  who was at that time the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MP) for Glasgow College
Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the plurality voting system.-History:...

. On his death in 1924, his son John succeeded to the title, which became extinct on the death of the second baronet.
  • Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Baronet was a Scottish doctor, newspaper editor and an advanced Liberal politician....

     (1841–1924), MP for Glasgow
    Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)
    Glasgow was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It returned two Member of Parliament until 1868, and then three from 1868 to 1885...

     1874–1885, for Glasgow College
    Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)
    Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the plurality voting system.-History:...

     1885–1895, Glasgow Bridgeton
    Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)
    Glasgow Bridgeton was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....

     1897–1900 and president of the Cremation Society of Great Britain
    Cremation Society of Great Britain
    The Cremation Society of Great Britain is an special interest organisation that advocates cremation in the United Kingdom.-The beginnings:Cremation was not legal in Great Britain until 1885, but interest in this form of burial emerged during the second half of the 19th century from ideas that...

     1904-1921
  • Sir John Cameron, 2nd Baronet (1903–1968), president of the Cremation Society of Great Britain
    Cremation Society of Great Britain
    The Cremation Society of Great Britain is an special interest organisation that advocates cremation in the United Kingdom.-The beginnings:Cremation was not legal in Great Britain until 1885, but interest in this form of burial emerged during the second half of the 19th century from ideas that...

    1960–1968
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