Admiral John Ewen Cameron, (15 June 1874 – 28 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Naval career Born in London,Admiral John Ewen Cameron Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 Cameron was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1887 and went on to fight in the Second Boer War.Admiral John Ewen Cameron The Peerage.com He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland as Captain of the cruiser HMS Phaeton.Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships After the War he commanded the battlecruiser HMS Tiger and then the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1928.Senior Royal Navy Appointments He was promoted to vice-admiral on 23 May 1929 and retired the following day. He was promoted to Admiral on the Retired List on 1 September 1933.
He lived at Christon Bank near Embleton in Northumberland.
Family In 1906 he married Marion Gertrude Granger; they had four daughters.
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