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	He was appointed a [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George\|Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1874.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24135\|page=4533\|date=29 September 1874}}</ref>		He was appointed a [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George\|Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1874.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24135\|page=4533\|date=29 September 1874}}</ref>

	He was appointed to a [[Royal Commission]] to inquire into the operation of the Factory and Workshop Acts in 1875,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24195\|page=1906\|date=30 March 1875}}</ref> and to a Commission inquiring into the sale of liquor in Scotland in 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24496\|page=4851\|date=21 August 1877}}</ref>		He was appointed to a [[Royal Commission]] to inquire into the operation of the Factory and Workshop Acts in 1875,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24195\|page=1906\|date=30 March 1875}}</ref> and to a Commission inquiring into the sale of liquor in Scotland in 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24496\|page=4851\|date=21 August 1877}}</ref>

	He was [[Governor of Bombay]] between 1880 and 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24822\|page=2015\|date=12 March 1880}}</ref><ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography \|last= Edgeloe \|first= V. A. \|year=1972 \|id=A040175b \|title= Fergusson, Sir James (1832–1907) \|access-date=14 April 2008 }}</ref>		He was [[Governor of Bombay]] between 1880 and 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24822\|page=2015\|date=12 March 1880}}</ref><ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography \|last= Edgeloe \|first= V. A. \|year=1972 \|id=A040175b \|title= Fergusson, Sir James (1832–1907) \|access-date=14 April 2008 }}</ref>
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The town of [[Jamestown, South Australia\|Jamestown]] and the [[County of Fergusson]] in South Australia, [[Fergusson Island]] in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]] (in his day, Poona), India are named in Fergusson's honour.<ref name=manning-f>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf \|work=Manning Index of South Australian History \|title=South Australian Names - T \|first=Geoffrey \|last=Manning \|author-link=Geoffrey Manning \|publisher=State Library of South Australia \|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=manning-j>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf \|work=Manning Index of South Australian History \|title=South Australian Names - J \|first=Geoffrey \|last=Manning \|author-link=Geoffrey Manning \|publisher=State Library of South Australia \|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>		The town of [[Jamestown, South Australia\|Jamestown]] and the [[County of Fergusson]] in South Australia, [[Fergusson Island]] in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]] (in his day, Poona), India are named in Fergusson's honour.<ref name=manning-f>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf \|work=Manning Index of South Australian History \|title=South Australian Names – T \|first=Geoffrey \|last=Manning \|author-link=Geoffrey Manning \|publisher=State Library of South Australia \|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=manning-j>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf \|work=Manning Index of South Australian History \|title=South Australian Names – J \|first=Geoffrey \|last=Manning \|author-link=Geoffrey Manning \|publisher=State Library of South Australia \|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

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{{Other people|James Fergusson}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Sir James Fergusson
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt|GCSI|KCMG|DL}}
| image = James Fergusson 3.jpeg
| imagesize = 200px
| order = 6th
| office = Governor of New Zealand
| term_start = 14 June 1873
| term_end = 3 December 1874
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| premier = [[Julius Vogel]]
| predecessor = [[George Bowen|Sir George Bowen]]
| successor = [[George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby|The Marquess of Normanby]]

| order2 = 8th
| office2 = Governor of South Australia
| term_start2 = 16 February 1869
| term_end2 = 18 April 1873
| monarch2 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| premier2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Dominick Daly|Sir Dominick Daly]]
| successor2 = [[Anthony Musgrave|Sir Anthony Musgrave]]

| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|03|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1907|01|14|1832|03|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Jamaica]]
| nationality = British
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater = [[University College, Oxford]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lady Edith Broun-Ramsay|9 August 1859|28 October 1871|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Olive Richman|11 March 1873 |8 January 1882|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Isabella Twysden|5 April 1893}}
}}
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'''Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCSI|PC|DL}} (14 March 1832 – 14 January 1907) was a British soldier, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and colonial administrator.

==Background and education==
Born in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, Fergusson was the eldest son of Sir Charles Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and his wife Helen, daughter of [[David Boyle, Lord Boyle|David Boyle]]. He was educated at [[Cheam School|Cheam]], [[Rugby School|Rugby]], and [[University College, Oxford]] (although he left without taking a degree). He entered the [[Grenadier Guards]] in 1851 and served in the [[Crimean War]] where he was wounded. He retired from the army in 1859.

==Political and administrative career==
Fergusson was elected Member of Parliament for [[Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayrshire]] and represented the constituency in parliament from 1854 to 1857 and 1859 to 1868. He was [[Under-Secretary of State for India]] under [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Lord Derby]] from 1866 to 1867 and [[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]] from 1867 to 1868 under Derby and [[Benjamin Disraeli]] and was admitted to the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] in 1868.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23440|page=5858|date=11 November 1868}}</ref>

Fergusson served as [[Governor of South Australia]] from 1868. In November 1872 he was appointed governor of New Zealand and left Adelaide on 6 December for a short visit to England before taking up the post.<ref name=adb/>

He was [[Governor of New Zealand]] between 1873 and 1874, when he resigned and returned to England.<ref name=adb/>

He was appointed a [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George|Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1874.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24135|page=4533|date=29 September 1874}}</ref>

He was appointed to a [[Royal Commission]] to inquire into the operation of the Factory and Workshop Acts in 1875,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24195|page=1906|date=30 March 1875}}</ref> and to a Commission inquiring into the sale of liquor in Scotland in 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24496|page=4851|date=21 August 1877}}</ref>

He was [[Governor of Bombay]] between 1880 and 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24822|page=2015|date=12 March 1880}}</ref><ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Edgeloe |first= V. A. |year=1972 |id=A040175b |title= Fergusson, Sir James (1832–1907) |access-date=14 April 2008 }}</ref>

He was appointed an [[Order of the Star of India|Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] in 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25448|page=920|date=3 March 1885}}</ref>

Following his retirement, he returned to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], as Member of Parliament for [[Manchester North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester North East]], which he represented between 1885 and 1906. He again held political office as [[Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] between 1886 and 1891 and as [[United Kingdom Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] between 1891 and 1892 in [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]]'s [[Conservative Government 1886-1892|Conservative administration]].

==Family==
[[File:Grave of Lady Edith Christian Fergusson, Inveresk Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Memorial for Lady Edith Christian Fergusson, Inveresk Cemetery]]
Fergusson married firstly Lady Edith Christian, daughter of [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie]], in 1859. They had two sons and two daughters. Lady Edith died on 20 October 1871 in [[Port Adelaide]] in Australia, aged 32. She was buried at [[North Road Cemetery]] in Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158946888 |title=DEATH OF LADY EDITH FERGUSSON. |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |volume=XXVIII |issue=1570 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1871 |access-date=1 December 2018 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> There is a memorial headstone in the north-west corner of the first western extension to [[Inveresk]] churchyard in Scotland.<ref>Grave of Edith Christian Fergusson, Inveresk</ref>

Fergusson married secondly Olive, daughter of [[John Henry Richman]], in 1873. Olive was born in South Australia, and they were married soon after arriving in New Zealand.<ref name=adb/> They had one son. She died of [[cholera]] in January 1882.

He married thirdly Isabella Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Twysden and widow of Charles Hugh Hoare, in 1893. They had no children. Fergusson's son [[Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet|Charles]] and grandson [[Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae|Bernard Fergusson]] both became [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governors-General of New Zealand]].

Fergusson was killed in an [[1907 Kingston earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Jamaica]] in 1907, aged 74.

==Legacy==
The town of [[Jamestown, South Australia|Jamestown]] and the [[County of Fergusson]] in South Australia, [[Fergusson Island]] in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]] (in his day, Poona), India are named in Fergusson's honour.<ref name=manning-f>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf |work=Manning Index of South Australian History |title=South Australian Names - T |first=Geoffrey |last=Manning |author-link=Geoffrey Manning |publisher=State Library of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=manning-j>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/F.pdf |work=Manning Index of South Australian History |title=South Australian Names - J |first=Geoffrey |last=Manning |author-link=Geoffrey Manning |publisher=State Library of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.maybole.org/notables/fergusson/sirjames.htm Newspaper report 1897]
*[http://www.gg.govt.nz/node/1316 New Zealand Governor biography]
*{{cite Australasia|Fergusson, Right Hon. Sir James}}
*{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Fergusson, James |first=William |last=Lee-Warner}}
*{{cite ODNB|id=33112|first=Peter |last=Harnetty|title=Fergusson, Sir James, of Kilkerran, sixth baronet (1832–1907)}}

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