page_title: William John Cameron
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: William John Cameron / Life
caption_attribution_description: Buccleuch and Greyfriars Free Church of Scotland
context_page_description: William John Cameron was a 20th century Scottish minister. He twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland: in 1962 and 1977.
context_section_description: He was born in Brora in 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 dux.
  He studied Classics and Divinity at Edinburgh University and graduated MA with Honours. During this period (in 1924/25) his father served as Moderator of the General Assembly.
  He was ordained at Burghead on the Moray coast in 1932 and in 1950 moved to the famous Buccleuch Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh's South Side.
  In 1953 he was given the Chair of both Greek and the New Testament 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 Edinburgh on 27 January 1990.
caption: Buccleuch and Greyfriars Free Church
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