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Ronald Munro Ferguson

Ronald Crauford Ferguson

Born: 6 March 1860, Raith, Fife

Died: 30 March 1934

1st Viscount Novar - 6 December 1920

Knighted - 1926

Member of Privy Council - 1910

son of Emma Eliza Mandeville

husband of Lady Helen Hermione Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood

Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1878 - 1879)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	1894
Secretary of State for Scotland	24 October 1922	22 January 1924

22 August 1884	Ross & Cromarty	Liberal Party	717	55.20
2 December 1885	Ross & Cromarty	Liberal Party	2,925	37.18
10 July 1886	Dunbartonshire	Liberal Party	4,217	49.81
20 August 1886	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	4,204	58.11
9 July 1892	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	5,738	58.35
1894 Resignation of Ronald Munro Ferguson on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
26 March 1894	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	5,823	55.38
23 July 1895	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	5,819	56.42
15 October 1900	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	6,043	53.62
19 January 1906	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	7,677	61.21
21 January 1910	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	7,146	49.59
9 December 1910	Leith District of Burghs	Liberal Party	7,069	57.22
11 February 1914 Resignation of Rt Hon Ronald Munro Ferguson on appointment as Governor-General of Australia.