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Fergussons with their senior staff

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Fergussons with their senior staff

British vice-regal couples brought out family members, friends or members of their regiments to serve as comptrollers of the household, aides-de-camp and ladies-in-waiting. Some held titles, and the men seen here with Sir Bernard and Lady Fergusson enjoyed perks such as free membership of leading private clubs.

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The Governor-General of New Zealand

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Gavin McLean, Governors and governors-general – Vice-regal support, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33667/fergussons-with-their-senior-staff (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gavin McLean, published 30 January 2012.