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

FERGUSONS IN FIFE AND FOEFAR 321
Eobert Henry Munro, b. 8th June 1867.
Alice Edwina Munro, m. 1886 Alexander Luttrell, eldest
son of G. F. Luttrell of Dunster, and has two sons.
Emma Valentine Munro.
Edith Isabel Munro.
'He succeeded to the estates of Novar, Eoss-shire, and
Muirton, Morayshire, in 1864, on the death of the late Hugh
Andrew Munro, Esq. Colonel Ferguson d. 28th Nov. 1868,
when he was succeeded by his eldest son,
'Eonald Crawford Munro Ferguson of Eaith, Novar, and
Muirton, b. 6th March 1860, late Lieut. Grenadier Guards,
M.P. for Eoss and Cromarty 1884-5, elected M.P. for Leith
1886, m. 31st Aug. 1889 Lady Helen Hermione Blackwood,
eldest daughter of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava.'
REV. DAVID FERGUSSON, THE REFORMER, AND HIS FAMILY.
The kingdom of Fife was the home, even if Dundee was the
birthplace, of the distinguished Scottish divine, the Reverend
David Fergusson, minister of Dunfermline (to which charge
he was appointed in 1560), one of the leading Scottish Refor-
mers. He describes himself as ' one of the six who first put
their hands to the work.' He was Moderator of the General
Assembly in 1573, and again in 1578, and is said to have been
remarkable for his combination of sagacity, firmness, and
knowledge, with a pleasant and humorous disposition, which
made him a useful representative of the kirk in negotiations
with the court. He is said to have begun the History of the
Church of Scotland, which was carried out by his son-in-law,
Row, and the perusal of a sermon of his by John Knox upon
his deathbed, produced the quaint and emphatic recommen-
dation from the old Reformer — ' John Knox, with my dead
hand but glad heart praising God that of His mercy He
leaves such light to His Kirk in this desolation.' David
Fergusson was not a voluminous writer, but he has left some
ecclesiastical publications, which have been printed by the
Bannatyne Club. He was the author of the first collection of
Scottish Proverbs, for which he had a great liking, and it was
said that he both spoke and preached in proverbs. It is,
however, by his wise and witty observations, especially those