Richard Jameson | |
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| Born | c.1953 Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 10 January 2000 Portadown |
| Buried | Tartaraghan Parish churchyard |
| Allegiance | Ulster Volunteer Force |
| Rank | Brigade commander |
| Unit | Mid-Ulster Brigade |
| Conflict | The Troubles |
Richard Jameson (c. 1953 – 10 January 2000), was a Northern Irish businessman and loyalist, who served as the leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force's (UVF) Mid-Ulster Brigade. He was killed outside his Portadown home during a feud with the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the breakaway organisation founded by former Mid-Ulster UVF commander Billy Wright after he and the Portadown unit of the Mid-Ulster Brigade were officially stood down by the Brigade Staff (Belfast leadership) in August 1996.
Following Jameson's death, the feud between the UVF and LVF escalated into a series of retaliatory killings. These went on intermittently until the LVF disbanded in 2005.