Duncan Cameron (British Army officer)
| Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron | |
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General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron
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| Born |
20 May 1808 Thorncliffe, Hampshire |
| Died |
8 June 1888 (aged 80) Blackheath, Kent |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1825–1875 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
42nd Highland Regiment Highland Brigade (Scottish) Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Battles/wars | Second Taranaki War |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of the Medjidie, Third Class (Ottoman Empire) |
| Relations | Lieutenant General Sir John Cameron (father) |
General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB (20 May 1808 – 8 June 1888) was a British Army officer who fought in the Crimean War (1854–1856), commanded troops during part of the New Zealand Wars, and was Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1868 to 1875.
Cameron was an officer of the 42nd Regiment of Foot. (lieutenant 1826, captain 1833, major 1839, and colonel 1854).
He made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and received the Order of the Medjidieh, third class (1858), Cameron was appointed to serve on the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for British naval dockyards. In 1860, he became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.
Cameron and the British troops were sent to New Zealand at the request of New Zealand's governor, Sir George Edward Grey, to replace British commander Thomas Pratt at the close of the inconclusive First Taranaki War. North Island Māori were becoming increasingly reluctant to sell land and the rise of the King Movement in the Waikato was considered to be a challenge to British sovereignty.
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