George Arthur Ferguson, 6th Laird of Pitfour
6th and final laird of the Pitfour estate in Aberdeenshire, the Blenheim of the North
6th and final laird of the Pitfour estate in Aberdeenshire, the Blenheim of the North
Scottish naval officer and Tory politician; also known as “The Admiral” or “The Sailor” to differentiate him from his father.
George Ferguson (1748 – 29 December 1820) was the fourth Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland which became known as The Blenheim of the North.
James Ferguson (25 May 1735 – 6 September 1820) was a Scottish advocate and Tory politician and the third Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of northeast Scotland, which is known as the ‘Blenheim of the North’.
Scottish advocate and second Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in Buchan. He was elevated to the bench in 1764.
Scottish lawyer and the 1st Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of north-east Scotland.
Presbyterian minister of the first Atherton and Chowbent Chapels in Atherton, Lancashire, England.
Elizabeth Tyldesley (1585–1654) was a 17th-century abbess at the Poor Clare Convent at Gravelines.
Anne Vaux (c. 1562 – in or after 1637) was a wealthy Catholic recusant. She was a relative of Francis Tresham, one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but had no direct involvement in the plot herself.