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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Fergusson
	First Name(s)	James
	Titles	Sir, Sixth Baronet
	Year of Birth	1832
	Entry	Born 1832 : son of Sir James Fergusson, fifth Baronet : educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford : succeeded as Baronet, 1849 : entered the Grenadier Guards, 1851 : Lieut, and Captain, 1854 : served in the Crimean war, Alma and Inkerman (wounded) and siege of Sebastopol : M.P. for Ayrshire, 1854, 1857, 1865 retired from the Army, 1856 : Under Secretary of State for India, 1866-7 Under Secretary in the Home Department 1867-8 : Governor of S. Australia, 1868 of New Zealand, 1873-5 : of Bombay 1880-5 ' Under Secretary of State Foreign Office, 1886-91 : Postmaster General, 189 1-2 : P.C. :G.C.S.I.: K.C.M.G. CLE.: LL.D.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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