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ABSTRACT WE regret to announce the death, on January 5, of CAPT. HAROLD STUART FERGUSON, at seventy years of age. Educated at Eton and Wimbledon, Capt. Ferguson passed into Woolwich and


obtained a commission in the Royal Artillery, but after a few years' service in that corps he resigned his commission and sailed for India. He eventually became English tutor to the


three Princes of Travancore, and when they no longer needed tutelage he was appointed second in command of the Nair Brigade of native troops maintained by H.H. the Maharajah of Travancore


From that time until his retirement in 1904 he held various appointments under the Travancore Government, including the directorship of the Trevandrum Museum and Public Gardens, where his


great love of animals and birds ensured the very careful management of the wild creatures kept in captivity. His collectors at the same time brought in valuable collections of animals,


birds, and plants. While in India he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society, and on his retirement he interested himself greatly in the Zoological Society's Gardens at


Regent's Park, and some time before his death he was elected a member of the council of the society. A man of science, a keen sportsman, and a charming companion, Capt. Ferguson died


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