Talk:Jean Cameron of Glendessary

another reference
Jeanie Cameron at her death is mentioned in the introduction to Jane Porter's Scottish Chiefs available at archive.org. 100.15.120.122 (talk) 01:44, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Incorrect re. grave.
The section concerning the landscaping of Jean Cameron's grave with a cairn and morvern stone originates from an intention that was never carried out. The area was aped in the same cobbles used to decorate most of the Modernist landscaping in St Leonards. These were recovered from old Glasgow streets as the rest were. At the time of the refurbishment of the site in 1995 there was talk of bringing stone from her homeland, but the result was the local authority suggested they would carve a piece of sandstone from nearby Calderglen (of no relevance to Jean). In fact they went a step further, and simply ordered a piece of generic stone from a tradesman. The source is wholly mistaken and repetition of the idea in other works is copied from that source. I am an academic historian who is also a 37 year resident of East Kilbride and was involved in the proceedings. For these reasons I am going to remove the faulty reference. 109.155.165.56 (talk) 07:34, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Mistress and propaganda
@Svejk, I appreciate your concern that the former revision was misleading, so kudos for amending that to be fair.

But, I do think it should be mentioned in infobox what she is known for. Stating that the claim of her being a mistress of Charles, and other claims, is apt since it is wholly what she is known for. "Jenny Cameron" would be completely unknown otherwise. Furthermore, the refs are not so certain that it's all just propaganda, but the tone is more that it is probably fictitious. Fitzkarl (talk) 15:58, 19 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Well, if you're going to argue that the sort of tales put about in Arbuthnot / 'Harlequin Incendiary' and that type of thing are worth adding at that point, then she should also be credited with being 'known for' winning the Battle of Prestonpans, because that was another one of the main stories. Personally I don't think they need adding to the infobox, but that's just me.


 * I think the general understanding is that these tales were entirely fictitious: most of Arbuthnot's stuff was lifted wholesale from Moll Flanders, while there is some doubt Cameron even met Charles.Svejk74 (talk) 22:06, 19 June 2023 (UTC)