Robert Cutlar Fergusson

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Robert Cutlar Fergusson (1768–1838) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was 17th Laird of the Dumfriesshire Fergussons, seated at Craigdarroch (Moniaive, Dumfriesshire).

He served as Attorney-General of Bengal; MP for the Stewardtry of Kirkcudbright, Judge Advocate General and a Privy Councillor.

The great Bengal entrepreneur Dwarkanath Tagore was apprenticed under him in 1810, and Fergusson was one of the 2 leading influences in his life.^[1]

↑ "History of the Adi Brahmo Samaj (1906)" p 27.

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Name	Fergusson, Robert Cutlar
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Short description	Scottish lawyer and politician
Date of birth	1768
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Date of death	1838
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