Major Ronald Ivor Ferguson (10 October 1931 – 16 March 2003) was a British Army officer and polo manager, initially to the Duke of Edinburgh and later, for many years, to the then Charles, Prince of Wales. His daughter, Sarah Ferguson, is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York. He was the maternal grandfather of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
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Early life
Ronald Ivor Ferguson was the son of Colonel Andrew Henry Ferguson (1899–1966) and his wife Marian 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) Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and an aunt-by-marriage of Queen Elizabeth II.
His maternal grandfather was Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott, the fourth son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, a direct descendant of Charles II of England, and Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton.