title: John Cameron (British Army officer, born 1817)
text: # John Cameron (British Army officer, born 1817)
  
  Lieutenant General John Cameron, CB, FRS (31 March 1817 – 30 June 1878) was a senior British Army officer who served as executive officer and director-general of the Ordnance Survey.
  
  Cameron was son of Lieutenant General Sir John Cameron, and brother to General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron.
  
  Cameron was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Society on 4 June 1868.
  
  