Cameron, Richard

Richard (1648-1680), a Scottish covenanter. When the Scottish Stuarts on the throne of England turned to the Catholic faith, he resisted their authority openly, and took to the hills and mosshags at the head of his followers. The government put a price on his head. He and his supporters were surrounded in a moss in Ayrshire and cut to pieces. Cameron's head and hands were taken to Edinburgh. Under the name of the Cameronians his followers were long a separate sect in Scotland. The reformed Presbyterians claim to be the lineal successors of the Cameronians. See Covenanters; Presbyterians