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Authorised form of nameFerguson; Robert (1769 - 1840)
Dates1769 - 1840
Date of birth8 September 1769
Place of deathHis house, Portman Square, London
Date of death03 December 1840
ActivityCareer:
MP for Fife (1806); MP for Kirkcaldy district of boroughs (1831); MP for Haddingtonshire (1835-1837); defeated (1837) and returned to represent Kirkcaldy;a staunch Whig
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/03/1805
RelationshipsSon of William Ferguson and his wife Jane, daughter of Ronald Crauford and sister of Margaret, Countess of Dumfries
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Original death date in BR (Dec 1841) has been altered.
CodeNA7425
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1804/18Ferguson, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001393Ferguson, Robertnd
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