. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. ases to all his tenantson terms peculiarly liberal. . Mr. Fergusons attachmentto Buchan, which is almost proverbial, and his enthusiasticdelight in planning and executing schemes to promote thehappiness of his tenantry: in tine, the general tenor of hiswhole life—have justly entitled him to the venerable appella-tion of the Father of his People.] V. Patrick, Jamess second son was born in 1744, and hav-ing early chosen the life of a soldier, was sent to finish his edu-cation at a military academy in London. His first commission
. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. ases to all his tenantson terms peculiarly liberal. . Mr. Fergusons attachmentto Buchan, which is almost proverbial, and his enthusiasticdelight in planning and executing schemes to promote thehappiness of his tenantry: in tine, the general tenor of hiswhole life—have justly entitled him to the venerable appella-tion of the Father of his People.] V. Patrick, Jamess second son was born in 1744, and hav-ing early chosen the life of a soldier, was sent to finish his edu-cation at a military academy in London. His first commission EEEGUSONS IN ABEEDEENSHIEE 259 was purchased for him at the age of fourteen, in the RoyalNorth British Dragoons, and during his short but gloriouscareer he served in the 70th and other regiments. He unitedin his character the calm judgment and exalted abilities ofhis father, Avith the vivacity and genius of his mothers attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was killed inthe action at Kings Mountain, South Carolina, 7th Oct. 1780(unmarried).. LIEUT. -COL. PATRICK FERGUSON [Patrick Ferguson was the inventor of the first breech-loading rifle used on service, for which he took out a patentin 1776. On one occasion Washington owed his life to hischivalrous forbearance; and American authors point toKings Mountain, where he commanded the Loyalist force,and where the battle was decided by his death, as the turning-point of the Revolutionary War. His distinguished bio-grapher. Professor Adam Ferguson, says of him, Fergusonwas the friend of every mans merit, and had no enemy tohis OAvn, and has preserved this characteristic passage from 260 CLAN FEKGUSSOX one of his letters:— The length of our lives is not at our OAvncommand, however much the manner of them may be. Ifour Creator enable us to act the part of men of honour, andto conduct ourselves with spirit, probity, and humanity, thechange to another world, whether now or fifty years hence,will not be for the worse. H
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