Colyer-Fergusson Baronets
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The Fergusson, later Colyer-Ferguson Baronetcy, of Spitalhaugh in the County of Peebles, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 January 1866 for the Scottish surgeon William Fergusson
William Fergusson
Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS was a Scottish surgeon.-Biography:William Fergusson son of James Fergusson of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, was born at Prestonpans, East Lothian on 20 March 1808, and was educated first at Lochmaben and afterwards at the high school and University of...

. The second Baronet served as Vice-Lieutenant of Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire , the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a county of Scotland. Its main town was Peebles, and it bordered Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.After the local government reorganisation of 1975 the use of the name...

. The third Baronet assumed the additional surname of Colyer in 1890 and served as High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

 of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

 in 1906. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 2004.

Fergusson, later Colyer-Ferguson Baronets, of Spitalhaugh (1866)

  • Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS was a Scottish surgeon.-Biography:William Fergusson son of James Fergusson of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, was born at Prestonpans, East Lothian on 20 March 1808, and was educated first at Lochmaben and afterwards at the high school and University of...

    (1808–1877)
  • Sir James Ranken Fergusson, 2nd Baronet (1835–1924)
  • Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson, 3rd Baronet (1865–1951)
  • Sir James Herbert Hamilton Colyer-Fergusson, 4th Baronet (1917–2004)
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