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Genealogical iftflemorantia

RELATING TO THE

FAMILIES OF

FERGUSSONAND

COLYER-FERGUSSON.

PRIVATELY PRINTED.

1897.

U AURISTON CASTLEI MP.RARY ACCESSION

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JFergusson.

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Arms on record in the College

of Arms.—Argent, a lion ram-pant azure, armed and langiied

gules, on a chief engrailed of the

last a mullet between two cinque-

foils of the first.

Crest.—A dexter hand grasp-

ing a broken spear in bend, all

proper.

Motto over Crest.—Vi et arte.

JFergusson of §5>pttalf)augfh

to. Peebles, J£jg-

James Fergusson (2nd son of John=Fergusson of Lochmaben, co. Dumfries,

by Janet his wife, 4th dau. of RobertBell of Dumfries); born at Lochmaben

7 J anuary 1 7 66, and bapt. the same day

;

a Supervisor of Excise at Stockbridge

and Dalkeith; died at Eskside, Mussel-burgh, co. Edinburgh, aged 68, 17 June,bur. at Prestonpans West Kirkyard, co.

Haddington, 21 June 1S34. Will (or

deposition) dated 9 November 1832,proved at Edinburgh 15 July 1834, byWilliam Fergusson, the son.

Elizabeth, elder dau. of AndrewHodge of Anstruther Easter,

co. Fife, by Margaret his 1st

wife, dau. of James Band of

Kilrenny, co. Fife ; born at

Anstruther Easter 13 May,bapt. there 1 7 May 1 766 ; bannsproclaimed at St. Cuthbert's or

West Kirk, Edinburgh, 5 July

1793; died at Back Street,

Dalkeith, co. Edinburgh, aged

51, and bur. at Prestonpans

9 January 18 18.

Janet, born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 14 July,

bapt. at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 28 July 1794;died at Stockbridge, aged 1 7 months, and bur. at

St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 7 January 1796.

John Fergusson, born at Stockbridge 7 Novem-ber, bapt. at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 25

November 1795; died unmarried in Canadaabout 1843, aoed 47-

Mary Ann Somes, elder dau.=

and heiress ofThomas Colyerof Wombwell Hall, North-

fleet, co. Kent, by Mary Annhis wife, dau. of JosephSomes, M.P., of New Grove,

Mile End, London; born at

New Grove, Mile End, nMay, bapt. at St. George's,

Gravesend, co. Kent, 5 Aug.

1844; marr. at St. George's,

Hanover Square, London,

13 Dec. 1862 ; died at

Wombwell Hall, aged 23,

14 April, bur. at Southfleet,

co. Kent, 20 April 1868.

M.I. 1st wife.

=Sir James Ranken=Fergusson, 2nd Bart.,

of Spitalhaugh, co.

Peebles, and ofHeverCourt, near Graves-

end, co. Kent; bornat 6 DrummondPlace, Edinburgh, 10

August 1835, andbapt. at Spitalhaugh

;

of Christ Church, Ox-ford, matriculated 31May 1855, aged 19,

Barrister-at-Law of

Lincoln's Inn 1S58,

J. P. and D.L. for co.

Peebles ; succeededas 2nd Bart, in 1877.

=Louisa, 2nd dau. of William=

Forbes of Medwyn, co.

Peebles, by Mary Anne his

wife, dau. of John Archer

Houblon, M.P., of Great

Hallingbury, co. Essex; born

at 2 Ainslie Place, Edin-

burgh, 31 Dec. 1845, bapt.

at St. Paul's Episcopal

Church, Edinburgh, 2 Feb.

1846; marr. at St. John's

Episcopal Church, Edin-

burgh, 17 Oct. 1877; died

at 17 Ainslie Place, Edin-

burgh, aged 32, 12 Sept.,

bur. at West Linton, co.

Peebles, 17 Sept. 1878. M.I.

2nd wife.

Louis Forbes Fergusson, born at 17 Ainslie

Place, Edinburgh, 5 September, bapt. there

privately 21 September 1878.

=Alice Fanny, 4th

dau. of John Price

Simpson, by Eliza-

beth his wife, eldest

dau. of Robert

Renton, M.D., of

Edinburgh ; born

at 15 Endsleigh

Street, Tavistock

Square, London,26 May, bapt. at

St. Pancras', Lon-

don, 1 July 1857;marr. at Holy Tri-

nity, Paddington,

London, 1 June1886. 3rd wife.

William Hamilton Colyer Fergusson, born at 1 1 1 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, born

25 February, bapt. there privately 6 March, and received into the church at St. Mary's, Bryanston

Square, London, 23 May 1864; died at Normanhurst, Hampton Wick, co. Middlesex, aged 9,

2 April, bur. in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 5 April 1873. M.I.

Jean Bell, born at Preston-

pans 1 6 June, bapt. there

23 July 1805; married

(banns proclaimedat Had-dington 21 May 1826)

Thomas Melvill, an Offi-

cer of Excise at Hadding-ton, who died at Porto-

bello, co. Edinburgh, aged

52, and bur. at Hadding-

ton 7 May 1837. She died

at Haddington, aged 28,

and was bur. there 2 April

1834. =r

Elisabeth, born at Pres-

tonpans 27 November1806, bur. there, aged 3months, 12 March 1807.

Sir William Fergusson, 1st Bart., born at=

Prestonpans, co. Haddington, 20 March, bapt.

there 8 May 1808; F.R.S., LL.D., President

of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeonto H.R.H. Prince Consort, Surgeon Extra-

ordinary to H.M. the Queen, created Baronetof Spitalhaugh 23 January 1866; died at 16

George Street, Hanover Square, London, aged68, 10 February, bur. at West Linton, co.

Peebles, 16 February 1877. M.I. Will dated16 March 1875, proved in the Principal Regis-

try 28 April 1877, by George Alfred Gadsdenand John Ord Mackenzie, the Exors.

=Helen Hamilton, only dau.

of William Ranken ofEdin-

burgh, by Jane his 2ndwife, elder dau. of William

Porteous of Carmacoup, co.

Lanark; born at Melville

Street, Edinburgh, 1

2

March, registered in Edin-

burgh City Register 25

March 1806; married at

Spitalhaugh 10 October

1833; she succeeded to the

West Linton estate on the

death of her brother,

Charles Hamilton Ranken,

10 April 1839 ; died at 16

George Street, HanoverSquare, aged 55, 19 June,

bur. atWest Linton, 2 6 June1861. M.I.

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William Ranken Fergusson, born at 6 Drum-mond Place, Edinburgh, 25 Feb. 1837, and bapt.

at Spitalhaugh ; of the Honble East India Co.'s

Service; died at 16 George Street, HanoverSquare, aged 27, 1 April, bur. at West Linton

6 April 1864. M.I.

Jane Porteous, born at 22 Albany Street, Edin-burgh, 9 October 1838, and bapt. there.

Katherine Hamilton, born at 8 Dover Street,

Piccadilly, London, 3 November 1840, bapt. at

St. George's, Hanover Square, 8 January 1841.

Margaret Alice Hamilton,born at 34 Curzon Street,

Mayfair, London, 18 Feb.,

bapt. at Ifield, co. Kent,

14 April 1889.

Helen Hamilton, born

at Spitalhaugh 28 Aug.,

bapt. at St. Mungo'sEpiscopal Church,WestLinton, 19 Oct. 1890.

James Adam HamiltonFergusson, born at 34Curzon Street Mayfair,

22 March, bapt. at

Ifield 29 April 1892.

Charles Hamilton Fer-

gusson, born at Spital-

haugh 9 Aug., bapt. at

St. Mungo's EpiscopalChurch, West Linton,

6 Sept. 1894.

Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson of Womb-=well Hall and Ightham Mote, co. Kent;born at in Gloucester Place, PortmanSquare, London, 1 1 July, bapt- at St. George's,

Hanover Square, 3 August 1S65 ; of Christ

Church, Oxford, matriculated 16 October1885, aged 20, B.A. 1889, J.P. for co. Kent;assumed the additional surname of Colyerin 1800.

=Beatrice Stanley, 3rd and only surviving dau. of the Rt.

Hon ble Friedrich Max Muller, P.C., Professor of Com-parative Philology in the University of Oxford, byGeorgina Adelaide his wife, elder dau. of Riversdale

William Grenfell of Ray Lodge, Maidenhead, co. Berks;born at 64 High Street, Oxford, 1 August, bapt. at St.

Peter's in the East, Oxford, 31 August 1864; marr. at

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 30 January 1890.

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Helen Seymour, born at 8 Dover Street,

Piccadilly, 14 February, bapt. at St. George's,

Hanover Square, 19 April 1844.

A son (still- born) at 8 Dover Street, Piccadilly,

11 June 1846, and bur. in Kensal GreenCemetery the same day.

Charles Hamilton Fergusson, born at 16 GeorgeStreet, Hanover Square, 27 May, bapt. at St.

George's, Hanover Square, 13 July 1849; Major1 st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, served in

Afghan Campaign 1879-80 (medal with twoclasps), and in Egyptian Campaign in 1882

(medal and bronze star).

Max Christian Hamilton Colyer-Fergusson, bornat 34 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, 30 Decem-ber 1890, bapt. at St. George's, Hanover Square, 7

March 1891 ; Godson of H.R.H. Princess Christian

of Schleswig-Holstein.

Mary Adelaide Somes, born at 34 Curzon Street,

Mayfair, 6 February, bapt. at St. Giles', Oxford,

17 March 1892.

William Porteous Colyer-Fergusson, born at 19

Upper Grosvenor Street, London, 18 October,

bapt. at St. George's, Hanover Square, 1 De-cember 1893.

Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson, born at

13 Lower Berkeley Street, Portman Square,

18 February, bapt. at Southfleet, Kent, 15

April 1896.

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Arms.—Or, on a chevron gules between three demi-unicorns courant of the same, as manyacorn slips of the first.

Thomas Colyer of Wombwell Hall, North-=

fleet, co. Kent (2nd son of Thomas Colyer

of Mates Farm, Southfleet, co. Kent, byKitty, his 3rd wife, dau. of Joseph Snelling

of St. Mary Cray, co. Kent) ; born at MatesFarm 23 July, bapt. at Southfleet 15 August

1809; was for many years Master of WestKent Fox Hounds; died at WombwellHall, aged 64, 27 June, bur. at Southfleet

2 July 1874. Will dated 24 February 1872,

proved in the Principal Registry 16 July

1874, by Henry Colyer, James RankenFergusson, and Frederick Preston, the

Exors.

=Mary Ann, elder andonly surviving dau. of

Joseph Somes of NewGrove, Mile End, Lon-don, M.P. for Dartmouth

1844, by Mary Ann his

1 st wife, dau. of ThomasDaplyn of 25 Saville

Place, Mile End; born at

27 Saville Place 5 Au-gust, bapt. at Stepney, co.

Middlesex, 29 October181 2; married at St.

George's, Hanover Sq.,

London, 21 October

1834; died at 97 Picca-

dilly, London, aged 51,

15 June, bur. in Kensal

Green Cemetery 22 June1864.

SOMES.

Arms on record in the College

of Arms.—Argent, a cinquefoil

between three mallets sable, a

canton azure, thereon an anchorwith cable in bend or.

^^-*^-^-z.

Sir James Ranken Fergusson, 2nd Bart.,=

of Spitalhaugh, Peeblesshire, N.B., and ofHever Court, near Gravesend, co. Kent(eldest son of Sir William Fergusson,LL.D., F.R.C.S., 1st Bart.); born at 6Drummond Place, Edinburgh, 10 August

1835, and bapt. at Spitalhaugh; of Christ

Church, Oxford, matriculated 31 May1855, aged 19, Barrister-at-Law of Lin-

coln's Inn 1858, J. P. and D.L. for

Peeblesshire; succeeded as 2nd Bart, in

1877-

=Mary Ann Somes, born

at New Grove, Mile End,1 r May, bapt. at St.

George's, Gravesend, 5

August 1844; marr. at

St. George's, HanoverSquare, 13 December1862; died at WombwellHall, aged 23, 14 April,

bur. at Southfleet 20

April 1S68.

FERGUSSON.

Arms on record in the College

of Arms.—Argent, a lion ram-pant azure, armed and languedgules, on a chief engrailed of the

last a mullet between two cinque-

foils of the first.

William Hamilton Colyer Fergusson, born at in Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London,

25 February, bapt. privately 6 March, and received into the church at St. Mary's, Bryanston

Square, 23 May 1864; died at Normanhurst, Hampton Wick, co. Middlesex, aged 9, 2 April,

bur. in Kensal Green Cemetery 5 April 1873.

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Alice Helena, born at 2 New Grove, Mile End, 12 June 1846, bapt. at St. George's, Gravesend,

11 May 1847 ; marr. at St. George's, Hanover Square, 8 June 1867, Captain James Wharton Harrel

of the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment (son of David Harrel, J.P., of Mount Pleasant, Downpatrick,

co. Downe, Ireland); born in London 19 May 1836. She died at 6 Old Quebec Street, London,aged 23, 17 February, bur. in Kensal Green Cemetery 23 February 1870.

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Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson of Womb-=well Hall and Ightham Mote, co. Kent

;

born at 111 Gloucester Place, PortmanSquare, London, 1 1 July, bapt- at St. George's,

Hanover Square, 3 August 1865 ; of Christ

Church, Oxford, matriculated 16 October

1885, aged 20, B.A. 1889, J.P. for co. Kent;assumed the additional surname of Colyer

in 1890.

^Beatrice Stanley, 3rd and only surviving dau. of the Rt.

Hon bl= Friedrich Max Miiller, P.C., Professor of Com-parative Philology in the University of Oxford, byGeorgina Adelaide his wife, elder dau. of Riversdale

William Grenfell of Ray Lodge, Maidenhead, co. Berks

;

horn at 64 High Street, Oxford, 1 August, bapt. at St.

Peter's in the East, Oxford, 31 August 1864; marr. at

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 30 January 1890.

Max Christian Hamilton Colyer-Fergusson, bornat 34 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, 30 Decem-ber 1890, bapt. at St. George's, Hanover Square, 7March 1891; Godson of H.R.H. Princess Christian

of Schleswig-Holstein.

Mary Adelaide Somes, born at 34 Curzon Street,

Mayfair, 6 February, bapt. at St. Giles', Oxford,

17 March 1892.

William Porteous Colyer-Fergusson, born at 19Upper Grosvenor Street, London, 18 October,

bapt. at St. George's, Hanover Square, 1 De-cember 1893.

Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson, born at

13 Lower Berkeley Street, Portman Square,

18 February, bapt. at Southfleet, Kent, 15

April 1896.

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INDEX.

INDEX.

Band.

James, i.

Margaret, i.

Bell.

Janet, i.

Robert, i.

Christian.

Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, 3.

Colyer.

Alice Helena, 6.

Henry, 5.

Kitty, 5.

Mary Ann, 1, 5.

Mary Ann Somes, 1, 5.

Thomas, 1, 5.

Colyer-Fergusson.

Beatrice Stanley, 2, 6.

Mary Adelaide Somes, 3, 6.

Max Christian Hamilton, 3, 6.

Thomas Colyer, 2, 6.

Thomas Riversdale, 3, 6.

William Porteous, 3, 6.

Daplyn.Mary Ann, 5.

Thomas, 5.

Fergusson.

Alice Fanny, 1.

Beatrice Stanley, 2, 6.

Charles Hamilton, 2, 3.

Elizabeth, 1, 2.

Helen Hamilton, 2.

Helen Seymour, 3.

James, 1.

James Adam Hamilton, 2.

Fergusson, continued.

James Ranken, 5.

Sir James Ranken, 1, 5.

Jane Porteous, 2.

Janet, 1.

Jean Bell, 2.

John, 1.

Katherine Hamilton, 2.

Louis Forbes, 1.

Louisa, 1.

Margaret Alice Hamilton, 2.

Mary Ann Somes, 1, 5.

Thomas Colyer, 2, 6.

William, 1.

Sir William, 2, 5.

William Hamilton Colyer, 1,

William Ranken, 2.

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Forbes.

Louisa, 1.

Mary Anne, 1.

William, 1.

Gadsden.George Alfred, 2.

Grenfell.

Georgina Adelaide, 2, 6.

Riversdale William, 2, 6.

Harrel.

Alice Helena, 6.

David, 6.

Captain James Wharton, 6.

Hodge.Andrew, 1.

Elizabeth, 1.

Margaret, 1.

Houblon.John Archer, i.

Mary Anne, i.

Mackenzie.

John Ord, 2.

Melvill.

Jean Bell, 2.

Thomas, 2.

Miiller.

Beatrice Stanley, 2, 6.

Rt. Hon. Friedrich Max, 2, 6.

Georgina Adelaide, 2, 6.

Porteous.

Jane, 2.

William, 2.

Preston.

Frederick, 5.

Princess Christian of Schleswig-

Holstein, 3.

Ranken.Charles Hamilton, 2.

Helen Hamilton, 2.

Jane, 2.

William, 2.

Renton.Elizabeth, 1.

Robert, 1.

Simpson.Alice Fanny, 1.

Elizabeth, 1.

John Price, 1.

Snelling.

Joseph, 5.

Kitty, 5.

Somes.

Joseph, 1, 5.

Mary Ann, 1, 5.

Softer Jtflarsi).

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