Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Supplement

OTHEE SCOTTISH FEEGUSSONS 83
returned to this country; and retired from the service, 17 th
November 1869, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
After his retirement Lieutenant- Colonel Fergusson gave
much of his time and attention to literary pursuits. In 1882
he produced the Life of the Honourable Henry Erskine,
Loixl Advocate for Scotland, the subject of the work being
his wife's great-grandfather ; and in 1884 Letters and Journals
of Mrs. Calderivood of Polton, 1756. Both works were
speedily out of print. More recently, in 1886, The Laird of
Lag, a life sketch of Sir Robert Grierson, was published ;
and in 1889 he edited Major Fraser's manuscipts.
Colonel Fergusson was for some years an occasional con-
tributor to the Athenceum, and other such journals, usually
writing on subjects connected with old Scots literature or
history. He took interest in the formation of the Scottish
Text Society, of which he was a Vice-President from the
foundation.
Colonel Fergusson was twice married. First, in April
1860, to Marion, second daughter of Adam Paterson, Esq.,
W.S. She died in August 1865, leaving one daughter, Char-
lotte Marion, born in April 1862; and secondly, in 1869, to
Agnes Elizabeth, only child of Colonel Dunmore, Indian
Army, and Agnes Callander of Craigforth. By her he
had:
Alexander Henry Erskine, b. January 1870, d. Feb. 1870.
George Alexander Dunmore, b. April 1871.
Helena Agnes, b. May 1872.
Frederick Alexander Kincaid, b. May 1873.
Edith Charlotte Erskine, b. October 1875, d. June 1893.
Both his sons were educated at the Edinburgh Academy.
Colonel Fergusson was for six years Secretary of the
Sanitary Protection Association. He died March 27th, 1892,
after a short illness, and is survived by his widow.
Colonel Alexander Fergusson's father was Governor of
Sierra Leone for some years. He lost his health there, and
died and was buried at sea. None of his papers have been
preserved, but his family have always understood that he
belonged to a Dumfriesshire family. The above notice is in
the main taken from notes prepared by Colonel Fergusson
himself for an account for the Chronicles of the Cumming