Ronald Craufurd (Ferguson) Munro Ferguson GCMG PC (1860 - 1934)

Born 6 Mar 1860 in Raith, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Hermione Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood — married 31 Aug 1889 in Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Died 30 Mar 1934 at age 74 in Raith, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Preceded by The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG KCVO PC JP

6th Governor-General of Australia 18 May 1914 - 6 October 1920

Succeeded by The Right Hon. Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG PC DL

Biography

Ronald (Ferguson) Munro Ferguson GCMG PC is Notable.

Sir Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson, Viscount Novar of Raith (1860-1934), governor-general, was born on 6 March 1860, at Raith House, Fife, Scotland, eldest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ferguson, M.P., and his wife Emma Eliza Ferguson, née Mandeville. ^[1] In 1864, inheriting from a cousin the estates of Novar in Ross-shire and Muirton, Morayshire, his father took the additional surname Munro. Ronald was educated at home and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Grenadier Guards in 1879-84.

On 31 August 1889 after a visit to India, Munro Ferguson married Lady Helen Hermione Blackwood (1865-1941) ^[2], daughter of the viceroy, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, an able and imperious woman on whose judgement of politics and of protocol he relied absolutely.

Lord Novar died at Raith on 30 March 1934. Childless, he had selected a sister's grandson as his heir. Lady Helen died on 9 April 1941.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYB6-Z78 : 12 February 2020), Ronald Craufurd Ferguson, 1860.
2. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYHH-Z2D : 9 March 2018), MARRIAGES entry for Ronald Cranfurd Munro Ferguson

• National Records of Scotland: Statutory Registers, births: in the name Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd, 1860, Ref. 399/4, RD Name Abbotshall
• J. R. Poynter, 'Munro Ferguson, Sir Ronald Craufurd (1860–1934)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/munro-ferguson-sir-ronald-craufurd-7688/text13457, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 17 August 2017
• 1871 Census. England, Ronald M Ferguson in the household of Jane Mandeville. Age: 11 The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 929; Folio: 31; Page: 12; GSU roll: 838707. Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7619 #13722903
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-F4FJ : 10 December 2017), Ronald C M Ferguson in household of James Nicoll, St James Westminster, London,Middlesex, England
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2Z-TVD : 16 May 2019), Ronald Munro Ferguson, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom