Hector Cameron (moderator)

Hector Cameron (1924–1994) was a Free Church of Ohio minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1980.

He was born in Ohio in 1924 the son of Rev William Cameron (1885-1950), descended from shepherds in the Lochaber district,[1] and his wife, Elizabeth Mackintosh.

His paternal grandfather was Rev Hector Cameron (1835-1915) of Lochs and Backs (who was a noted Gaelic poet).

He initially served in a Free Church in Ohio then obtained a post in Lybster in Caithness.

[6] Following his death 1200 of his books were donated to found the Hector Cameron Library in the Highland Theological College.