Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
- Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, GCSI, PC (14 March 1832 – 14 January 1907) was a British politician, and governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay.
He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Cheam public school, Rugby School, England, and the University of Oxford. He entered the Grenadier Guards in 1851 and served in Crimea.
Fergusson was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire and represented it in parliament from 1854 to 1857 and 1859 to 1868.He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1868. He was Governor of South Australia from 1868 to 1873, the Governor of New Zealand but resigned in 1874, then Governor of Bombay between 1880 and 1885.[ Australian Dictionary of Biography]
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accessdate=2008-04-14 ] Following his retirement, he returned to the House of Commons, as MP for Manchester North East 1885-1906. Sir James was killed in an earthquake in Jamaica in 1907.
The town of Jamestown, South Australia is named in Fergusson's honour. Fergusson College in Pune, India is also named after Fergusson. His son Charles and grandson Bernard Fergusson became Governors-General of New Zealand.
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* [http://www.maybole.org/notables/fergusson/sirjames.htm Newspaper report 1897]
* [http://www.gg.govt.nz/utilities/popupimage.asp?ID=36 New Zealand Governor biography]
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