CAMERON, RICHARD (1648?-168o), founder of a Scot tish religious sect of Cameronians, which formed the nucleus of the regiment of this name in the British army, was born at Falk land, Fife. He was the schoolmaster of his native village and then chaplain and tutor in the house of a Sir W. Scott of Harden. He was licensed as a field-preacher, and moved great crowds by his eloquence. With many others he sought refuge for a time in Hol land, returning in 1680. He gathered together a small band of recalcitrants, among them David Cargill and Thomas Douglas, who issued the Sanquhar Declaration, calling for war against Charles II. and the exclusion of James, duke of York from the succession. A price was placed on the heads of Cameron and his chief supporters. On July 22, 1680, Cameron was slain in a skirmish at the Aird's, or Airs, Moss, fighting bravely at the head of the few troops which he had been able to collect. His prayer before going into battle became a tradition—"Lord spare the green and take the ripe." After the accession of William III. the survivors were amnestied, and the Cameronian regiment was formed from them.