Arthur Ferguson (police officer) explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Arthur Ferguson
Office:His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland
Term Start:1904
Term End:1927
Birth Date:22 June 1862
Birth Place:British North America
Occupation:British Army officer

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur George Ferguson CBE (22 June 1862 – 14 February 1935) was a British Army officer and police officer, who served as His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland.

Family

Ferguson was the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Ferguson (1835–1924), the sixth Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland. His mother was Nina Maria Hood, who was the eldest daughter of Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport.[1] [2]

Career and early life

Ferguson was born in British North America while his father was posted overseas, but the family returned to Britain in 1864 and initially lived in London.[2]

He went to Eton College in 1876 and was then commissioned into the Rifle Brigade,[3] in which he served for 22 years. He saw active service in the Second Boer War. He achieved the rank of Major in February 1901[1] after which, in October that year, he returned to his father's estate at Pitfour. He married Janet Norah Baird (1878-1943), a daughter of Sir Alexander Baird, in London in 1902.[4]

In 1904 he was appointed His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland and served in this role until 1927, although he rejoined the Army during the First World War.[4]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours and knighted on his retirement in 1927.[4]

He died at the age of 72. His son, Angus Arthur Ferguson (born 1903), also became a police officer, eventually serving as Chief Constable of Northamptonshire from 1931.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Auction archive. Dix Noonan Webb. 11 February 2013. https://archive.today/20240526164054/https://www.webcitation.org/6HGsA8IhB?url=http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php%3Fdepartment=Medals&lot_id=32548. 26 May 2024. dead.
  2. [#Buchan2008|Buchan (2008)]
  3. [#Buchan2008|Buchan (2008)]
  4. [#Buchan2008|Buchan (2008)]