Английская Википедия:Arthur Ferguson (police officer)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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[5] 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]
Footnotes
References
- Obituary, The Times, 15 February 1935
Bibliography
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Buchan (2008): p. 48
- ↑ Buchan (2008): p. 51
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Buchan (2008): p. 52
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
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