Henry Ferguson Davie

General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, 1st Baronet, DL, known as Henry Ferguson until 1846, of Creedy Park, Sandford, Devon, was Liberal Member of Parliament for Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland, 1847 to 1878 and an army officer.
He was born in Rome, the son of Robert Ferguson of Fife. He joined the British Army in 1818. He rose through the ranks as follows: Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Major General, Lieutenant General and General.
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 Davie, 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 licence the additional surname of Davie and on 9 January 1847 the baronetcy held by his wife's family was revived when he was created a Baronet, of Creedy in the County of Devon. Having been born abroad, he was naturalized as a British subject by private act of Parliament in 1823; the act was amended in 1846 to allow him to sit in Parliament.
He had six children, amongst whom [Sir Sir John Ferguson Davie, 2nd Baronet|John Ferguson Davie, 2nd Baronet|John], a Grenadier Guards officer, succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1885 and Charles Robert was Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devonshire and Somerset and lived at Creedy Park in Crediton, Devon.