Cameron, Richard (c. 1648-1680)

Scottish Covenanter. Converted by the field preachers from Episcopacy, he became an extreme Presbyterian, and preached in Annandale and Clydesdale. In 1678 he went to the Netherlands and returned to Scotland in 1680 to take part in the Sanquhar Declaration, for which a price of 5,100 marks was set upon his head. He took refuge with some comrades in the hills in Ayrshire, preaching whenever he found an opportunity, until he was surprised by a party of dragoons at Aird's Moss, and killed together with his brother. Cameron was born in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, where he became schoolmaster.