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Generation: 2
2. | Alexander Cameron Other Events:
- Ancestor of Line: [Inveruiskavoul] CAMERONS of INVERUISKAVOULINE
Notes:
7th of Inveruiskavouline.
He actively fought on the Government side during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. For the next thirty years,he was paid £70 annually by Campbell of Breadalbane,to apprehend thiefs,and prevent theft,throughout the Western Highlands. Nicknamed "The Thief Taker",he was also engaged in espionage against prominent Jacobites in the years following the Rebellion.
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