William John Cameron (1907–1990) was a Scottish minister. He twice served as

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of the Free Church of Scotland: in 1962 and 1977.Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1956

Life

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He was born in Brora, Sutherland in November 1907 the son of Rev Kenneth Cameron. The family moved first to Skye then to Stornoway with his father's role as minister. He was educated at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, where he was school

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.Herald (Scottish newspaper) 29 January 1990 He studied Classics and Divinity at the

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and graduated with an MA with Honours. During this period (in 1924/25) his father served as

. He was ordained at

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on the Moray coast in 1932 and in 1950 moved to the famous Buccleuch Greyfriars Church in

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's South Side. In 1953 he was given the Chair of both Greek and the

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at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. From 1973 to 1977 he was Principal of the College. In 1962 he served his first year as Moderator. From 1963 to 1976 he was Principal Clerk to the General assembly. and in 1977 he served his second year as Moderator. During this second term he met Queen Elizabeth II during her jubilee visit to Scotland. He died in hospital in

on 27 January 1990, aged 82.

Family

His first wife, Lilias Brown, daughter of Col. W. rounsfell Brown, died in 1968. They had one son and two daughters. In 1980 he married Murdina Smith, matron of Cameron Hospital in Fife. His son Kenneth W. R. Cameron served as Moderator in 1989, creating three consecutive generations of the Cameron family as Moderator.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, William John 1907 births 1990 deaths People from Sutherland 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland People from Aden Governorate People from Brora Free Church of Scotland people Free Church of Scotland