. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. and I frail and useless, with little object butthat of keeping ourselves alive till the others can do forthemselves. The Professor had passed his sixty-first yearwhen John made his appearance in the world. He hadpubUshed his Roman History in 1782, and in 1785 he resigned 1 MisH Atixot. Daughter of David Walker Arnott of Arlary, and married(1) Edward Bayley, Lieutenant ; (2) David Amot, , Minister ofthe High Church, Edinlnirgh. 2 Mm. Jeannie. Miss Jane Jobson of Lochore, who married 3rd February1825 Sir Walters eldest s
. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. and I frail and useless, with little object butthat of keeping ourselves alive till the others can do forthemselves. The Professor had passed his sixty-first yearwhen John made his appearance in the world. He hadpubUshed his Roman History in 1782, and in 1785 he resigned 1 MisH Atixot. Daughter of David Walker Arnott of Arlary, and married(1) Edward Bayley, Lieutenant ; (2) David Amot, , Minister ofthe High Church, Edinlnirgh. 2 Mm. Jeannie. Miss Jane Jobson of Lochore, who married 3rd February1825 Sir Walters eldest son. FEEGUSSONS IN ATHOLE 181 his Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edin-burgh into the hands of his friend, Dugald Stewart. The childhood of young John was passed at Hallyards,near Peebles, where the Professor settled, but at the earlyage of twelve years and a few months the boy left home(December 1796), and entered the Royal Navy as a firstclass volunteer. Mr. R D. Awdry, , the Assistant-Secretary to the Admiralty, has kindly furnished me with. ADMIRAL J. M. FERGUSON. the following information as to Johns naval career, takenfrom OByrnes Naval Biography. It wiU be seen howsplendidly Johnny, whom the Professor always called his little seaman, bore himself in the service of his country,although he suffered a very great misfortune in the loss ofhis ship in 1811. This officer entered the Navy in Dec. 1796 as first classvolunteer on board the Gcesar, so employed for 3 years at the 182 CLAN FERGUSSON blockade of Brest. He removed as midshipman, 1800, to LaLoirey then he joined t\\Q Aurora, then the Victory, 100, bear-ing the flag of Lord Nelson (under whom, according to familytradition, he took part in the famous battle of Copenhagen,April 1801). On 13th January 1804 was confirmed to aLieutenancy in the >Sfi6pe?^?;(Captain Keats), under whom, afterpursuing the combined fleets of France and Spain from theMediterranean to the West Indies, he assisted in Sir JohnDuck
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