Albert is considered to have been the 23rd Chief but it is interesting to note that William Cheyne-Macpherson tells us in his book The Chiefs of the Clan Macpherson that Albert never called himself Chief, signed his name as Cluny nor wore the three feathers of a chief in his bonnet as his father and two older brothers had. However, his nephew, Ewen George, the son of George Gordon did not become the 24th Chief until after Albert's death. Also one should note that the Christening bowl on display at Panel 67 bears the partial inscription "Albert Cameron Macpherson of Cluny." It seems reasonable to assume that ACM composed that inscription in that it was his gift to his Godchild.

      Albert was educated at Harrow School and later trained as a stock broker but never practised that profession so far as we know. In 1887 he married Frances Eliza Rainsford, eldest daughter of the Rev. Henry Addington of Bedford. They had one daughter, Frances Eva Marjorie.

      Albert's name appears on the list of Macphersons who served with the Cameron Highlanders shown on panel 59. Too old for combat service during WW I, he served in a support role in the 1st Volunteer Battalion with duty station at Newtonmore.

      Although trained in business, Cheyne-Macpherson tells us that Albert was a "most unbusiness-like man." Under his care, the estates that Ewen Henry had so carefully nurtured became heavily involved." In 1928 he sold most of the Jacobite relics in Cluny Castle to help relieve matters but this gain was off-set by his choosing to live in London a good deal of the time. The final blow came in the Great Depression of the early 1930s. He died in 1932 and his widow followed him in 1934. The Cluny Estates passed into the hands of a judicial factor who administered them for the bond holders. In 1943 Cluny Castle was sold and its furnishings and remaining treasures sold at auction in Glasgow. Many of the treasures on display in this Museum came from that auction sale.