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Fergusson of Kilkerran, Sir Adam, (1733 — 1813)
The 3rd Baronet, he was Member of Parliament for Ayrshire 1774 — 1780 and 1790 — 1796. Johnson called him 'a vile Whig', but Boswell observed 'that there were few people but were mixed characters, like a candle: half wax, half tallow. But Sir Adam Fergusson was all wax, a pure taper, whom you may light and set upon any lady's table.' In 'The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer', Burns refers to 'aith-detesting chaste Kilkerran'. According to Kinsley Sir James Fergusson (1904 — 73) related a family story about Sir Adam's rebuke to his children: 'Dinna think that because I'm no swearing I'm no angry'.
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