John Ferguson

Sir John Ferguson KBE (19 May 1870 – 17 July 1932) was a banker and British Conservative Party politician. Early life and career Sir John was born in Rosalyn, Aberdeenshire, on 19 May 1870. At the age of 16 he started work at the Aberdeen Town & County Bank, later moving to London to work for the Oriental Bank. Staying in London, he went on to become London Manager of the National Bank of Scotland. During the First World War Sir John became Chairman of the Establishment Committee of the Ministry of Munitions and in 1917 he was assistant to Lord Inverforth, who was Surveyor General of Supply at the War Office. Sir John was made a KBE in 1918.