Sir Adam Ferguson

(1771-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ferguson, Adam, Sir, 1771-1855 NRA: Ferguson, Sir Adam (1771-1855) Knight Keeper of the Regalia in Scotland DNB: Ferguson, Sir Adam (1771-1855), friend of Sir Walter Scott LBT ID: AdFergu1855 VIAF ID: 66105958 LOC ID: no99045221	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1855-01-01
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Son of the philosopher and classmate and friend of Sir Walter Scott; he served in the Peninsular Campaign under Wellington, afterwards living on his estate in Dumfriesshire.
REFERENCES TO Sir Adam Ferguson: Walter Scott to William Clerk, 26 August 1791 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Walter Scott to William Clerk, 10 September 1792 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ n4 Walter Scott to William Clerk, 30 September 1792 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Walter Scott to William Clerk, 23 August 1795 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Adam Fergusson to Walter Scott, 31 August 1811 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Adam Fergusson to Walter Scott, 6 October 1811 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Robert Southey, 17 Jun3 1814 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleuch, [2 October 1817] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 24 October 1817 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 18 September 1818 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 7 December 1818 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Walter Scott to Adam Ferguson, 15 January 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to John Richardson of Kirklands, 18 January 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 4 March 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh, 15 April 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ 6 Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 6 May 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Walter Scott to Adam Ferguson, 13 May 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 3 December 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to William Laidlaw, 20 December 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 7 Sir Walter Scott to Charles Scott, 14 November 1820 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sir Walter Scott to Charles Scott, 19 December 1820 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 5 Sir Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 28 April 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 21 May 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 23 June 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 17 July 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 14 April 1824 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 7 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 15 June 1824 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Charles Scott, 22 October 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Sir Walter Scott to Jane Scott, 23 March 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 27 April 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 6 Sir Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 16 June 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 5 John Gibson Lockhart to William Laidlow, March 1832 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 4 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 54 Chapter V 1786-90 Found 3: ¶ 12 ¶ 20 ¶ n1 Chapter VI 1790-92 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter VII 1792-96 Found 5: ¶ 21 ¶ 23 ¶ 43 ¶ n4 ¶ n1 Chapter VIII 1796-97 Found 2: ¶ 23 ¶ 24 Chapter II 1805 Found 1: ¶ 32 Chapter X 1810-11 Found 2: ¶ 23 ¶ 24 Chapter III 1814 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter III 1817 Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 4 ¶ 30 Chapter IV 1818 Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter VI 1818 Found 5: ¶ 10 ¶ 12 ¶ 13 ¶ 15 ¶ 26 Chapter VII 1818-19 Found 1: ¶ 21 Chapter VIII 1819 Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 20 Chapter X 1819 Chapter XI 1820 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter I 1820 Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 13 Chapter II 1820-21 Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 6 Chapter III 1821 Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 6 Chapter VI 1821 Found 1: ¶ 3 Chapter VIII 1822 Found 4: ¶ 16 ¶ 33 ¶ n1 ¶ n1 Chapter X 1823 Chapter XI 1823 Found 1: ¶ 26 Chapter XII 1824 Found 1: ¶ 17 Chapter XIII 1824-25 Found 3: ¶ 16 ¶ 39 ¶ 43 Chapter I 1825 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter II 1825 Chapter III 1825 Found 3: ¶ 5 ¶ 10 ¶ 14 Chapter IV 1825 Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 64 Chapter V 1826 Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 6 Chapter IX 1826 Found 2: ¶ 19 ¶ 40 Chapter I 1826-27 Found 9: ¶ 3 ¶ 4 ¶ 8 ¶ 9 ¶ 24 ¶ 2 ¶ 4 ¶ 12 ¶ 14 Chapter II 1827 Found 2: ¶ 50 ¶ 51 Chapter V 1829 Found 1: ¶ 18 Chapter VI 1830 Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 7 Chapter VII 1830-31 Found 1: ¶ 20 Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 64 John Gibson Lockhart to Maria Edgeworth, 15 May 1847 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 3 John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 15 April 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Scott Anecdote Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 10 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 7: 1818-20 Found 1: ¶ 4 Chapter 15: 1828-32 Found 1: ¶ 52 Chapter 16: 1832-36 Found 2: ¶ 29 ¶ 62 Chapter 20: 1826-52 Found 1: ¶ 50 Chapter 21: 1842-50 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) GEORGE DOUGLAS Found 1: ¶ 10