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Lawrence Cameron Desborough

Male 1836 - 1875  (39 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lawrence Cameron Desborough was born on 6 Oct 1836 in Meerut, India (son of Lieut Lawrence Desborough and Maria Alletta Cameron); died on 25 Nov 1875 in Madras, India.

    Notes:

    Capt. Madras Corps.

    Said to be in Australia before going to India in the 3rd Buffs.

    Unmarried.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lieut Lawrence Desborough was born on 8 Sep 1806 in Rochester, Kent; died on 10 Jul 1874 in Windsor Castle.

    Notes:

    son of Lieut General Lawrence Desborough of Royal Marines and Ann Catherine Vivion.
    He joined 3rd Regt. as Ensign 10 Apr 1825, and was in NSW for two years before going to India. Described as retired Captain and Military Tutor with 7 pupils living in, at 1861 census of Sunninghill. Before his death he was living in a "grace and favour" apartment at Windsor Castle

    Lawrence married Maria Alletta Cameron on 14 Oct 1834 in Ghazepore, Bengal, India. Maria (daughter of Lt. Col. Allan Cameron and Aletta Jacoba Borcherds) was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 17 Feb 1879 in Leatherhead. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maria Alletta Cameron was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Cape of Good Hope (daughter of Lt. Col. Allan Cameron and Aletta Jacoba Borcherds); died on 17 Feb 1879 in Leatherhead.
    Children:
    1. Catherine Alletta Desborough was born in Sep 1835 in Ghazepore, India; died in 1836 in India; was buried in Ghazepore, India.
    2. 1. Lawrence Cameron Desborough was born on 6 Oct 1836 in Meerut, India; died on 25 Nov 1875 in Madras, India.
    3. Marie Alletta Desborough was born on 6 Oct 1837 in Meerut, India; died on 2 Nov 1918 in Bath, England.
    4. Harriet Vivian Desborough was born on 14 Aug 1839.
    5. Charles Vivien Desborough was born on 3 Aug 1841 in Bombay; died on 11 Oct 1892 in Port Said.
    6. Catherine Harriot Desborough was born in 1851 in Sunninghill, Berkshire, England.
    7. John Owen Desborough was born on 19 Jun 1853 in Sunninghill, Berkshire; died in Dec 1921 in Farnham, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Lt. Col. Allan Cameron was born on 27 Oct 1777 in Strontian (son of Donald Cameron and Mary McDonald); died on 13 Dec 1845 in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Other Events:

    • Ancestor of Line: [Allan3] COLONEL ALLAN CAMERON of STRONTIAN

    Notes:

    He joined the army as a volunteer Mar 1796, 53rd Regt., ("at the particular request of Sir Ralph Abercromby", Lochiel's father-in-law). He transferred to 14th Foot 1797 and a West India Regt 1798, before entering the Buffs (3rd Regt) in 1804 as a Captain. He was on half pay between 1817 and 1827, while the regiment was in Australia. He d. aged 69 (death notice).

    No relationship has been established with Lt Col Charles Cameron of the 3rd Regiment, of the Fassifern family, who died in India 1826 after leaving Australia

    Allan married Aletta Jacoba Borcherds on 22 Oct 1809 in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope. Aletta was born in ca 1789 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 3 Nov 1865 in Reading, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Aletta Jacoba Borcherds was born in ca 1789 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 3 Nov 1865 in Reading, Berkshire.

    Notes:

    Dau. of Rev. Meeut Borcherds and Aletta Jacoba de Wit.

    In 1861 she was in Bath, recorded as Arabella Cameron, with daughter Elizabeth "aged 36". and granddaughter Letitia, aged 21, born India.

    Children:
    1. 3. Maria Alletta Cameron was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 17 Feb 1879 in Leatherhead.
    2. Donald Meeut Cameron was born on 12 Nov 1812 in Cape of Good Hope; died in 1854 in Jamaica .
    3. Alexander John Cameron was born on 7 Sep 1814 in Cape of Good Hope.
    4. Allan Cameron was born on 29 Mar 1817 in Ireland.
    5. Elizabeth Anne Cameron was born on 12 Nov 1822 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 19 Feb 1871 in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India.
    6. Charles Duncan Cameron was born on 12 Dec 1825 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 30 May 1870 in Geneva, Switzerland.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Donald Cameron

    Donald married Mary McDonald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Mary McDonald
    Children:
    1. 6. Lt. Col. Allan Cameron was born on 27 Oct 1777 in Strontian; died on 13 Dec 1845 in Cape Town, South Africa.


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