Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure

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Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure is a historical Scottish figure, known as the government factor whose real-life murder inspired the fictionalized "Red Fox" killing in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel *Kidnapped*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish land factor
historical figure
person
activeInPeriod 18th century
associatedWithLocation Appin, Argyll, Scotland NERFINISHED
Glenure, Argyll, Scotland NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfDeath 1752
employer British government NERFINISHED
ethnicity Scottish
historicalContext Jacobite rising of 1745 aftermath
inspirationFor the fictional “Red Fox” killing in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped
inspiredWork Catriona NERFINISHED
Kidnapped NERFINISHED
killedIn Appin Murder NERFINISHED
knownAs the Red Fox NERFINISHED
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOf Clan Campbell NERFINISHED
notableFor being murdered in the Appin Murder of 1752
role in post‑Culloden Highland estate management
occupation estate manager
government factor
placeOfDeath near Ballachulish, Appin, Scotland
politicalAlignment pro‑Hanoverian
regionOfActivity Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterianism (probable)
responsibleFor managing forfeited Jacobite estates
roleInEvent victim in the Appin Murder
subjectOf historical studies of the Appin Murder
literary analyses of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped

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Kidnapped featuresCharacter Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure