Ronald Ferguson Ronald Ferguson Major Ronald Ivor Ferguson (10 October 1931 – 16 March 2003) was the father of Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife to the Duke of York. He was the maternal grandfather of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York. Major Ferguson was polo manager, initially to the Duke of Edinburgh and later, for many years, to the Prince of Wales. Ferguson was the son of Colonel Andrew Henry Ferguson (1899–1966) and his wife Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott (1908–1996), a first cousin of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, who became (after her wedding to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester)
Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch married on 2 May 1767, at Montagu House, Whitehall. They had seven children: The duchess died, aged 84, in Richmond, Surrey, and was buried at Warkton, Northamptonshire. Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (29 May 1743 – 21 November 1827), formerly Lady Elizabeth Montagu, was the wife of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Lady Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of and George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, and his wife, Mary. She was baptised at St George's, Hanover Square. Her maternal great-grandparents were John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The death