NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fergusson, Robert, 1768-1840 LBT ID: RoFergu1840 VIAF ID: 58930594 LOC ID: nr90016363 | B/BAP: 1768-03-20 DIED: 1840-12-03 |
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Scottish advocate, MP, and mineral collector; there is a notable portrait by Henry
Raeburn, “The Archers.” In 1807 he was convicted of criminal conversation with Lady
Elgin. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Robert Ferguson of Raith: Mr. Stuart to Robert Ferguson of Raith, 17 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) |