John Cameron (farmer)
John B. Cameron of Balbuthie CBE FRAgS is a Scottish farmer, with significant interest in railways.
Widely credited as the one-time largest sheep farmer in Europe, Cameron owned seven farms in Fife and West Perthshire. He sold the five farms in Fife, covering 37,000 acres (150 km2), in 2006 to the Edinmore Group, a subsidiary of Caledonian Investments, while still retaining two farms in West Perthshire at Glen Lochay and Ivermearan.
Cameron is president of both the Scottish region of the National Beef Association and the National Sheep Association, and chairs the quality standards committee of Quality Meat Scotland. A former President of the National Farmers Union of Scotland, Cameron is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society, and was awarded a CBE for his work in Scottish farming.
Cameron was the Chairman of ScotRail and a member of the British Railways Board from 1990 to 1996. Between 1967 and 1992 he was the owner/operator of the Lochty Private Railway. A non-executive director of Stagecoach plc, he is currently a Director of both South West Trains and the Island Line, Isle of Wight; as well as a Member of the Safety Review Group. He is also the President of the Gresley Society.
Cameron has a personal interest in steam railways, and owns two former LNER locomotives:
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