Robert Ferguson (5) (–1714)
Author of An enquiry into and detection of the barbarous murther of the late Earl of Essex, or, A vindication of that noble person from the guilt and infamy of having destroyed himself
For other authors named Robert Ferguson, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Robert Ferguson
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- c. 1637
- Date of death
- 1714
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- Presbyterian minister
exciseman
political pamphleteer
conspirator - Organizations
- Church of Scotland
- Short biography
- Known as "the Plotter", Richard Ferguson was disinherited by his father. He was expelled from his living as vicar in Godmersham under the Act if Uniformity of 1662.
He wrote pamphlets against the Duke of York in support of the Duke of Monmouth's claim to the English throne, and was implicated in the Rye House Plot. Declared outlaw by Charles Ii, he played a leading role on the Monmouth Rising, he escaped to the Netherlands after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
He returned to England with William of Orange and was rewarded with a post as exciseman.
He the took part in all the Jacobite plots against William, and was suspected but never brought to trial. He was removed from his Excise post in 1692, and died in great poverty. - Nationality
- Scotland
- Birthplace
- Badfurrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Places of residence
- Badfurrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Godmersham, Kent, England
Netherlands
England - Place of death
- London, England
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- Works
- 10
- Members
- 18
- Popularity
- #630,788
- ISBNs
- 114
- Languages
- 11