John Ker
Scottish spy during the Jacobite risings / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see John Ker (disambiguation).
John Ker (8 August 1673 – 8 July 1726), born John Crawford in Crawfurdland, Ayrshire, was a Scots Presbyterian linked with Cameronian radicals who between 1705 and 1709 acted as a government informer against the Jacobites. Dogged by financial issues most of his life, he died in King's Bench Prison in 1726.
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John Ker, born John Crawford | |
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Born | 8 August 1673 Crawfurdland, Ayrshire Scotland |
Died | 8 July 1726 King's Bench Prison, London |
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