John Du Cameron

John Du Cameron was a Scottish sergeant in the French army who came back to Scotland to support Bonny Prince Charlie in The 'Forty-Five'. When the rebellion failed he took to the hills with a band of renegades and fought on until he was captured and hanged in 1753. Because of his large size he was better known by the name of Sergeant Mor. He was a brigand to those who opposed him and his victims in the counties in which he operated (Perth, Inverness and Argyle), but a folk hero to those who sympathised with the aims of the rebellion (as shown by the mention of Sergeant Mor in The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, a poem by Andrew Lang).[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ Sergeant Mòr in some sources
  2. ^ The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, Representative poetry on line, Retrieved 2009-02-09
  3. ^ Loyalty of the Clans, Burke's Peerage and Gentry, article from Electric Scotland Retrieved 2009-02-09
  4. ^ David Stewart (3rd edition 1825). Sketches of The Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland; with details of The Military Service of The Highland Regiments Appendix H, John Dhu Cameron, or Sergeant Mor Page 66.