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'''Robert Cutlar Fergusson''' (1768–1838) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was 17th Laird of the [[Dumfriesshire]] Fergussons, seated at [[Craigdarroch]] ([[Moniaive]], Dumfriesshire).<br />
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==Life==<br />
Robert Fergusson was born in [[Dumfries]], the eldest son of Alexander Fergusson, Esq., of [[Craigdarroch]] and Orraland House, [[Kirkcudbrightshire]], who was an eminent advocate. His great-grandfather was Alexander Fergusson, the husband of [[Annie Laurie]] of folksong fame. He was educated at Edinburgh and studied law at [[Lincoln's Inn]], being [[called to the bar]] in 1797.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/fergusson-robert-1770-1838|title= FERGUSSON, Robert Cutlar (?1770-1838), of Orroland, Kirkcudbright and Craigdarroch, Dumfries|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 26 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was gaoled for a year in the [[King's Bench prison]] in the late 1790s for being associated with [[Arthur O'Connor (United Irishman)|Arthur O'Connor]] and Father [[James Coigly]], United Irishmen who, with radical circles in Britain and with the [[French Directory]], were trying to coordinate a republican insurrection in Ireland. On his release he decided it would be wise to leave the country and therefore moved to India<ref>{{cite book|title=Public Characters of All Nations: Consisting of Biographical ..., Volume 1|page= 90}}</ref> where he worked as a barrister for some 30 years in the [[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William|Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta]]. He was made acting [[Advocate-General of Bengal]] in 1817 when [[Edward Strettell]] left for England due to ill-health, holding the post until [[Robert Spankie]] arrived as Strettell's successor. When Spankie returned to England in 1823, Fergusson succeeded him as Advocate-General.<br />
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On his return to Britain he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for the [[Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)|Stewardtry of Kirkcudbright]] in 1826, sitting until 1838. He was appointed a [[Privy Councillor]] in 1834 and [[Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)|Judge Advocate General]] from 1835 to 1838.<br />
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[[Dwarkanath Tagore]], the great Bengal entrepreneur, was apprenticed under him in 1810, and Fergusson was one of the two leading influences in his life.<ref>"History of the Adi Brahmo Samaj (1906)" p. 27.</ref><br />
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