John Ferguson Davie | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Barnstaple |
Term Start: | 30 April 1859 |
Term End: | 12 July 1865 |
Alongside: | Richard Bremridge (1864–1865) Thomas Lloyd (1853–1864) George Potts (1859–1863) |
Predecessor: | John Laurie William Fraser |
Successor: | George Stucley Thomas Cave |
Birth Name: | John Ferguson |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1830 |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Liberal |
Parents: | Henry Ferguson Davie Frances Juliana Davie |
Children: | One |
Sir John Davie Ferguson Davie, 2nd Baronet (27 October 1830 – 16 June 1907), known as John Ferguson until 1846, was a British Liberal politician, and British Army officer.
Born Ferguson, he was the eldest son of Whig MP for Haddington Burghs Henry Ferguson Davie (then Henry Ferguson) and Frances Juliana Davie. He adopted the additional surname of Davie in 1846 at the same time as his parents.[1] In 1857, he married Edwin Augusta Williams, daughter of Sir James Hamlyn-Williams and Lady Mary Fortescue, and they had at least one child: Mary Fanny Ferguson Davie (born 1857).[2]
Ferguson Davie became a captainin the Grenadier Guards in 1855, and in the same year fought in the Crimean War. He later became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 1st Devon Militia from 1858 to 1867.[2] [3]
He was elected Liberal MP for Barnstaple at the 1859 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[4] [2]
He inherited the title of Baronet of Creedy upon his father Henry Ferguson Davie's death on 30 November 1885.[2]
Ferguson Davie was also a Justice of the Peace for Devon, Somerset and Carmarthenshire, a Deputy Lieutenant for Devon and Carmarthenshire, and, in 1873, a High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire.[2]