Richard Cameron

(d. 1680)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cameron, Richard, 1657 or 8-1680 DNB: Cameron, Richard (d. 1680), covenanter field preacher LBT ID: RiCamer1680 VIAF ID: 40807427 LOC ID: n85116341	DIED: 1680-07-22
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish covenanter and field preacher killed in a fight with government forces at Ayrsmoss. He was at one time chaplain to Sir William Scott of Harden.
REFERENCES TO Richard Cameron: Walter Scott to William Laidlaw, [February 1818] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Walter Scott to John Murray, 23 March 1818 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1818 Found 2: ¶ 12 ¶ n2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 1: 1794-1808 Found 1: ¶ n2