Henry Ferguson

1797 (age 88)

He rose through the ranks as follows: Lieutenant (1819), Captain (1822), Major (1826), Lieutenant Colonel (1828), Colonel (1841), Major General (1854), Lieutenant General (1860) and General (1866). He was appointed Colonel of the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot on 17 February 1865. The Regiment became the second Battalion, The Black Watch in 1881, and the General served as Colonel of the Battalion until his death. In 1846 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Davie and the following year the baronetcy held by his wife"s family was revived when he was created a Baronet, of Creedy in the County of Devon. on 9 January 1847. He had six children, amongst whom John (born 1830), a Grenadier Guards officer, succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1885 and Charles Robert (born 1836) was Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devonshire and Somerset and lived at Creedy Park in Crediton, Devon.

Henry Ferguson

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The son of Robert Ferguson, Fife, he joined the British army in 1818.

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He rose through the ranks as follows: Lieutenant (1819), Captain (1822), Major (1826), Lieutenant Colonel (1828), Colonel (1841), Major General (1854), Lieutenant General (1860) and General (1866). He was appointed Colonel of the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot on 17 February 1865. The Regiment became the second Battalion, The Black Watch in 1881, and the General served as Colonel of the Battalion until his death.

In 1846 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Davie and the following year the baronetcy held by his wife"s family was revived when he was created a Baronet, of Creedy in the County of Devon. on 9 January 1847.

He had six children, amongst whom John (born 1830), a Grenadier Guards officer, succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1885 and Charles Robert (born 1836) was Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devonshire and Somerset and lived at Creedy Park in Crediton, Devon.

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15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.

18th United Kingdom Parliament.

19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament.

21st United Kingdom Parliament.

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