Richard Cameron

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Richard Cameron was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and militant Covenanter leader who became a symbol of resistance to royal interference in the Church of Scotland.

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Richard Cameron canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
Covenanter leader
Scottish Presbyterian minister
historical figure
activeYears 1670s–1680
battle Battle of Airds Moss
birthPlace Falkland, Fife, Scotland
birthYear c. 1648
causeOfDeath gunshot wounds
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
deathDate 22 July 1680
deathPlace near Airds Moss, Ayrshire, Scotland
denomination Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
educatedAt University of St Andrews
father Allan Cameron
hasFollowerGroup Cameronians
hasNickname Lion of the Covenant
knownFor leadership of the Cameronians
militant Covenanter leadership
opposition to royal interference in the Church of Scotland
language English
Scots
legacy inspired the formation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
namesake of the Cameronian regiment (26th Regiment of Foot)
mannerOfDeath killed in battle
movement Cameronians
notableEvent became a field preacher among the Covenanters
declared Charles II to have forfeited the throne in the Sanquhar Declaration
exiled to the Netherlands
issued the Sanquhar Declaration in 1680
led an armed Covenanter band after the Sanquhar Declaration
licensed as a preacher in the Church of Scotland
ordained in Rotterdam by Scottish ministers in exile
returned secretly to Scotland as a field preacher
withdrew from the indulged ministers
notableWork Sanquhar Declaration
occupation field preacher
minister
opposedBy Charles II of England and Scotland
James, Duke of York
linked to: Duke of York

Scottish Privy Council
participantIn Killing Time (persecution of Covenanters)
persecutedBy Stuart monarchy
linked to: Stuart period
placeOfBurial Old Cemetery, Auchinleck, Ayrshire
religion Christianity
religiousMovement Covenanters
linked to: Covenanter movement
religiousOrder Reformed Presbyterian
symbolOf Covenanter martyrdom
resistance to royal supremacy in the Church of Scotland
theologicalTradition Reformed theology

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Scottish Covenanters notableMember Richard Cameron
Cameronian movement namedAfter Richard Cameron
Cameronian movement foundedBy Richard Cameron
Cameronian movement hasNotableMember Richard Cameron
Killing Times notableVictim Richard Cameron