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Cameronian was a name given to a section of the Scottish
Covenanters who followed the teachings of
Richard Cameron, and who were composed principally of those who signed the
Sanquhar Declaration in 1680. Known also as "Society Men", "Sanquharians" and "Hilimen", they became a separate church after the religious settlement of 1690, taking the official title of
Reformed Presbyterians in 1743. "Societies of Cameronians for the Maintenance of the Presbyterian Form of Worship" were formed about 1681. Their testimony,
"The Informatory Vindication", was published in 1687. They quickly became the most pronounced and active adherents of the covenanting faith. They wished to restore the
ecclesiastical order which had existed between 1638 and 1649, and were dissatisfied with the moderate character of the religious settlement of 1690. Refusing to take the oaths of allegiance to an uncovenanted ruler, or to exercise any civil function, they passed through a period of trial and found some difficulty in maintaining a regular ministry, but in 1706 they were reinforced by some converts from the established church. They objected strongly to the proposal for the
union of England and Scotland, and were suspected of abetting a rising which took place in the west of Scotland in 1706; but there appears to be no foundation for the statement that they intrigued with the
Jacobites, and they gave no trouble to the government either in 1715 or in 1745.
In 1712 they publicly renewed their covenants at
Auchensaugh Hill in
Lanarkshire, and in 1713 their first presbytery was founded at
Braehead, while a presbytery was formed in
North America in 1774. In 1876 the general body of the Reformed Presbyterians united with the
Free Church of Scotland, leaving a few seceding congregations as the last representatives of the Cameronians.
In the British army the
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a regiment directly descended from the Cameronian guard, which was first raised in 1689 by
James Douglas, Earl of Angus, fought at the
battle of Dunkeld and was afterwards employed to restore order in the Highlands.
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