UCL

Sir Adam Fergusson 3rd Bart., of Kilkerran

Profile & Legacies Summary

1733 - 1813

Biography

MP for Ayrshire 1774-1780, 1781-1784, and 1790-1796, and for Edinburgh 1784-1790.

  1. The banker Charles Fergusson, the younger brother of Sir Adam Fergusson 3rd bart., had reportedly inherited property including Rozelle in Jamaica from Charles Montgomery. Reportedly a decade after Charles Fergusson's banking firm failed - it stopped payment 10/06/1772 - Fergusson assigned his interest in the Rozelle estate in Jamaica to Sir Adam Fergusson, who had advanced cash to his brother to avert his bankruptcy. The Accounts Produce however show Sir Adam Fergusson as co-owner from 1773 onwards.

Sources

  1. Eric Graham, Burns and the Sugar Plantocracy of Ayrshire (2014) pp. 28-29.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Children
d.s.p.

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1773 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Joint owner
Roselle Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Legacies Summary

Political (2)

Government
 
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Lord of Trade
1781 - 1782
MP
 
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Ayrshire Ayrshire
1774 - 1780
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Ayrshire Ayrshire
1781 - 1784
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Edinburgh Midlothian
1784 - 1790
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Ayrshire Ayrshire
1790 - 1796

Relationships (3)

Sir Adam Fergusson 3rd Bart., of Kilkerran
Brothers
James Fergusson of Tobago
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Sir Adam Fergusson 3rd Bart., of Kilkerran
Uncle → Nephew
Sir James Fergusson 4th Bart.
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Sir James Fergusson was the heir of his uncle Sir Adam Fergusson...
Sir Adam Fergusson 3rd Bart., of Kilkerran
Brothers
Charles Fergusson
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