The Johnson-Ferguson Baronetcy, of Springkell in the
County of Dumfries, of Kenyon in Newchurch-in-Culcheth in the
County Palatine of Lancaster
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and of
Wiston in the
County of Lanark
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 July 1906 for
Edward Johnson-Ferguson.
He was Chairman of Jabez Johnson, Hodgkinson and Pearson, Ltd, and also sat as
Liberal
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for
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. Born Edward Johnson, he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Ferguson in 1881.
Johnson-Ferguson baronets, of Springkell, Kenyon and Wiston (1906)
*
Sir (Jabez) Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet (1849–1929)
*Sir Edward Alexander James Johnson-Ferguson, 2nd Baronet (1875–1953)
*Sir Neil Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 3rd Baronet (1905–1992)
*Sir Ian Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 4th Baronet (1932–2015)
*Sir Mark Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 5th Baronet (born 1965)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Paul Duncan Johnson-Ferguson (born 1966).
See also
*
Johnson baronets
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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