Sir Henry Ferguson Davie, 1st Baronet

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General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, 1st Baronet (1797 – 30 November 1885), known as Henry Ferguson until 1846, was Liberal Member of Parliament for Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland, 1847 to 1878 and an army officer.

The son of Robert Ferguson of Raith, Fifeshire, he joined the British army in 1818. He rose through the ranks as follows: Lieutenant (1819), Captain (1822), Major (1826), Lieutenant Colonel (1828), Colonel (1841), Major General (1854), Lieutenant General (1860) and General (1866).

He was appointed Colonel of the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot on 17 February 1865. The Regiment became the second Battalion, The Black Watch in 1881, and the General served as Colonel of the Battalion until his death.

In 1823, he married Frances Juliana, daughter of Sir John Davie, 9th Baronet, of Creedy, and niece and heiress of Sir Humphrey Davie, 10th and last Baronet, of Creedy. In 1846 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Davie and the following year the baronetcy held by his wife's family was revived when he was created a Baronet, of Creedy in the County of Devon. on 9 January 1847.

He had six children, amongst whom John (born 1830), a Grenadier Guards officer, succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1885 and Charles Robert (born 1836) was Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk.

He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devonshire and Somerset and lived at Creedy Park in Crediton, Devon.

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• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Debretts Illustrated Baronetage, with the Knightage, 1876, Dean & Son (London), 1876

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Maitland Balfour	Member of Parliament for Haddington 1847-1878	Succeeded by Lord William Hay
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baronet (of Creedy) 1847-1885	Succeeded by John Davie Ferguson Davie