III. James FERGUSON, his son by the first marriage, b. 28
Sep 1672 [Records Supplement, p. 45] inherited Badifurrow. He was bred to the
law and practiced as an advocate before the Court of Session. He sold the
estate of Badifurrow and purchased that of Pitfour in Buchan. He married manned
Ann STEWART by whom he had a son.
IV. James FERGUSON born in 1700. He practiced at the bar
with much success, became Dean of Faculty in 1760, and was raised to the bench
as Lord Pitfour in 1764. He married, Ann daughter of Alexander MURRAY, Lord
Elibank, and had three sons and three daughters. He died 25th June 1777, his
wife in 1793.
V. James FERGUSON the eldest son, was a member of parliament
for the County of Aberdeen from 1790 till his death in 1820. He was unmarried
and was a man of eminent position in his day, and for many years a confidential
friend of William PITT and Henry DUNDAS, Lord Melville.
V. Patrick
FERGUSON, second son. Born 1744. Entered the Army and rose to the rank of
Major. He was the inventor of the first breech load loading rifle used in the
service for which he took out a patent in 1776.
V. George FERGUSON, the youngest son was for many years Governor of
the Island of Tobago and died in 1820.
VI. Admiral George FERGUSON, R.N. married first in 1812
Elizabeth Holcombe, daughter of John WOODHOUSE of Yallon Court, co. Hereford.
They had one daughter. He married second, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of
Clotworthy, first Lord Langford.
VII. George Arthur FERGUSON, born 1835, Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel Grenadier Guards. He married Nina Maria HOOD. Died 1924 at
residence of son-in-law Colonel BARRINGTON, Blandford, Dorset. [The
Scotsman, 17 Dec 1924; see also The Lindeseie... p 727]
VII. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur George FERGUSON, born 22 Jun
1862, London; m. Janet Norah BAIRD and is Inspector of Constabulatory for
Scotland; d. 14 Feb 1935, survived by widow, three sons and a daughter, said to
be of Cuckfield House, Cuckfield, Sussex and Norton House, Kincardine O'Neil,
Aberdeenshire [The Scotsman 15th February 1935]
VII. Francis William FERGUSON b. 29 Jul 1863, London; d. 24 Jan
1896, South Africa.
VII. Rev. Edwin Augustus FERGUSON born 24 Sep 1864, London; Rector
of Bulwick, Wansford, North Hants, married Madeline MASTER; d. 9 May 1941,
survived by Mrs. Ferguson and three daughters [The Scotsman10th May
1941]. Their children [Records Supplement, p. 45, 1901 Census,
Northamptonshire]
Nina Madeline b.~1894, Bulwick, Northamptonshire; m. Alan
RENTON (k.a.1917)
Dora Isabel Ferguson b. 1895 Jan-Feb-Mar Oundle
Donald Francis
Ferguson b. 29 Jul 1896 Bulwick, Northamptonshire; Killed in action
07/05/1917
Vera Victoria Ferguson b. 1897 Oct-Nov-Dec Oundle
Patrick George Ferguson b. 1899 Jul-Aug-Sep Oundle
VII. Charles Alexander FERGUSON, b. 21 Oct 1873, Pitfour; d. 13
March 1945; m. Lady Edith Aline C CAMPBELL 1908 Oct-Nov-Dec Kensington
Brenda FERGUSON b. 9 Oct 1909, Ceylon
Kenneth Francis FERGUSON, b. 7 Jun 1911, Ceylon; d. 14 November
1940 WWII
VII. Edith Rosa FERGUSON b. 7 Feb. 1867, London; m. 27 Oct 1897
Francis CRAWLEY.
VII. Mary Georgina FERGUSON b. 14 May 1877, Pitfour; m. Rupert
Edward Selborne BARRINGTON
Eric Rupert Walter b. 13 Dec 1904, Transvall, So Africa
Ferguson formerly of Pitfour
Descendants of VII. Arthur George FERGUSON (1862-1935) and
Janet Norah BAIRD
VIII. Angus Arthur FERGUSON of Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire b.
26 Jul 1903, Gosport, Hants; d. 1958 Rerrick, Kirkcudbright; m. 1st. Nowell
Louisa D MACLAGAN 12 Feb 1929, Queensferry District, West Lothian [The
Scotsman 14th Feb 1929]; divorced 1943 and has issue
m. 2nd. Eileen Alice formerly COKAYNE-FIRTH nee JAMES 29 Mar 1944
[Ferguson is now a Major in The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]; she d.
1983
VIII. Francis Alexander FERGUSON b. 3 Apr 1905, Perth, SCT; m. 11
Apr 1928 Madeline Joan HARRIS (Shiplake Rise, Binfield Heath,
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
VIII. Nigel George FERGUSON, Norton House, Kincardine, O'Neil,
Aberdeenshire; b. 3 Oct 1906, Perth, SCT; d. Dec 1979, Kensington, London
VIII. Robin Patrick FERGUSON b. 22 Jul 1913, Perth, SCT; d. 4 Jul
1926
VIII. Annette Nina FERGUSON b. 16 Mar 1920; m. 1940 John GILL
References
Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and
Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh,
1895.
Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus
Supplement, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh,
1899
Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed
Gentry, 1952
The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain Including the
Probates at ... By John William Linzee
