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Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson 1st Baronet (26 December 1796 – 13 March 1860) was a Whig and then Liberal Party politician from Ireland.Ferguson succeeded to the baronetcy in July 1808 after the first baronet Sir Andrew Ferguson was killed in accident on a bridge in Moville County Donegal.He was appointed High Sheriff of Donegal in 1818 and High Sheriff of Tyrone in 1825 and then elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Londonderry City at the 1830 general election but his election was declared void.