former FIG representative in London and Director of Fisheries in Stanley, was born in Stanley on 8 November 1951, son of Norman CAMERON (1900-1971), manager of Port San Carlos farm, East Falkland and Anne (1914-2002) (daughter of Sir Herbert HENNIKER-HEATON). He grew up on the family farm with his elder sister JANE (1950-2009), brother Donald (b.1953) and sister Sukey (b.1956). In 1961 he was sent to England, along with Jane and Donald, to be educated; firstly attending Cheam School, in Newbury and later Eton College. He went on to study History of Art at the University of East Anglia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts.

Cameron’s parents retired to Ireland 1965, where his mother had been born, and, following University, he spent time working for an art dealer in Dublin and then at the De Gestlo Gallery in Cologne, Germany. Despite leaving the Islands at a young age, Cameron never lost his love for his home and, in the early days of April 1982, following news of the Argentine invasion of the Islands, he travelled to London to assist in the work of the Falkland Islands Association Office, where his sister Sukey was working. He arrived with a carton of two hundred cigarettes and a bottle of gin, which he thought would last him for the period of the Argentine occupation! Unfortunately, the Conflict outlasted his supplies but during his time in the office, he played an important part in working with the Ministry of Defence, Parliament and the media to ensure that the information that they had about the Islands was correct and that the wishes of Islanders were being taken into account. Towards the end of the Conflict, the Falkland Islands Appeal was established (to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the Islands) and he played a key role in that.

Cameron returned to the Islands in January 1983, initially intending to stay for a few weeks but realised that help with the enormous rehabilitation programme was required and so offered his services to the Falkland Islands Government, working in the Secretariat in Stanley. In 1984 the post of Falkland Islands Government Representative in the United Kingdom, taking over from Adrian MONK at the newly established office in London, became vacant. Rex HUNT, who chaired the selection board records:

'Alastair Cameron was the only Kelper…this had to be the decisive factor. Only Alastair’s comparative youth was against him, but the board decided to give him a chance and he responded to the challenge. His presence in London during the introduction of fishing licenses was to prove invaluable.'

Cameron was 32 years old when he joined his sister Sukey, who was Administrative Assistant in the Office,  to become  the Government Representative in London. The Islands were always newsworthy and often misunderstood by the media and the public and, as Government Representative, Cameron was often under considerable pressure to explain events and attitudes in the Islands. He had to relate successfully both to his own Government and the elected Councillors and to the Foreign Office, who were ultimately responsible for the Islands’ external affairs. Cameron did all of this extremely well. He bought to the job a laid-back style in argument and a willingness to understand a different viewpoint, a skill which was which was particularly useful in the post-conflict phase of Falkland affairs. His intellectual integrity and his low-key presentation were most effective in conveying Islands opinion succinctly and persuasively.

During this time he worked closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the creation of a fisheries zone around the Islands. Cameron returned to the Islands in 1987 to join the newly created Fisheries Department in Stanley, where he was responsible for Government Fisheries licensing policy and its implementation, firstly as Deputy Director and subsequently as Director of Fisheries. He was well respected in the role, it was a pressured job, sometimes dealing with difficult people but his grasp of detail, clear thinking and utter integrity were crucial to the high reputation of the regime in the fisheries world.

Cameron was killed in a car accident near Bluff Cove, East Falkland, on 7 July 1989 and is buried at Port San Carlos. In 1990, his sister Jane established the Alastair Cameron Memorial Trust, in recognition of Alastair’s love of the Islands; "the aims of the Trust are to initiate and support projects within the Falkland Islands concerned with local history; with the preservation of sites, buildings and artefacts of historic interest.” The Trust also sponsors the annual history prize which encourages year five and year nine students in the Islands to research topics of local history.