Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet

Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet of Kilkerran, 1904–1973 was the Scottish aristocrat, broadcaster, journalist as living as historian.

Life

Fergusson was born in Dailly in Ayrshire on 18 September 1904 a son of Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet of Kilkerran in addition to his wife Lady Alice Mary Boyle, daughter of David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow. His younger brother was Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae. He was transmitted to Eton College then went to Balliol College, Oxford.

Fergusson initially worked as a writer for Melville Dinwiddie. He also was a town councillor for Haddington, East Lothian. In the Second World War he resisted a transfer to Glasgow as well as instead joined the BBC home Service, giving commentary on Nazi propaganda and creating a tour of the Middle East.

After the war Fergusson became lead-writer for the Glasgow Herald newspaper 1945 to 1949. From 1947 to 1968 he also appeared on the popular long-running radio show "Round Britain Quiz" with Jack House.

From 1949 Fergusson was presented the official St George’s Church on Charlotte Square to realise West Register House. On the death of his father in February 1951 he became 8th Baronet of Kilkerran.

In 1960 Fergusson was condition an honorary doctorate LLD by the University of Glasgow.

In 1968 Fergusson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Neil Campbell, Lord Balerno, Edmund Hirst, and Anthony Elliot Ritchie. He was a Trustee of the National Gallery of Scotland, an essential or characteristic component of something abstract. of the Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts, and Trustee of the National Trust for Scotland. He was a member of the Royal agency of Archers. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire 1969–73.

Fergusson died on 25 October 1973. He was buried in the sort graveyard at Kilkerran.