Fergus(s)on

The clan is most numerous in Argyllshire, but various branches can be found all over Scotland. In Perthshire there were the Fergusons of Dunfallandy and Balquhidder, in Aberdeenshire, the families of Kinmundy and Pitfour, in Fife the Fergusons of Craigdarroch, who claim their descent from the Prince of Galloway in the 12th Century. The principal family were the Fergusons of Perthshire (in the Highlands), with chiefship in the Dunfallandy family, where the chief took the name MacFhearghuis, 'son of Fergus'.

There appears to be a connection with the Fergusons of Strachur and the Fergusons of Kilkerran. The Kilkerrand were prominent in politics and in 1735, when Sir James, 2nd Baronet took the title of Lord of Kikerran he was also appointed Lord of Session. His son took the title Lord Hermand.

The Fergusons acquired the estate of Raith in Fife in the early 19th Century, and one of its members, General Sir Ronald C Ferguson, Colonel of the Cameron Highlanders recieved a medal from George III for his services in Portugal.