Robert Ferguson of Raith

The Archers by Sir Henry Raeburn illustrates Robert with his brother Ronald

Robert Ferguson FRS FRSE FGS (8 September 1769 – 3 December 1840) of Raith, was at various times a Whig Member of Parliament for Fifeshire, Haddingtonshire and Kirkcaldy Burghs, and at the time of his death he was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Fife.[1][2]

As an amateur geologist and mineralogist the mineral Fergusonite was named after him.[2]

  1. ^ Urban 1841, p. 315.
  2. ^ a b "Ferguson, Robert (1769–1840), of Raith, Fife and 18 Portman Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 17 August 2016.