Admiral Sir James Andrew Fergusson, KCB, KCMG (16 April 1871 – 13 April 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

[1] He served as a lieutenant on board the cruiser HMS Barrosa when in January 1900 he was landed in Cape Colony to take part in the Second Boer War,[2] during which he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and promoted to commander on 21 October 1900, for services during the war.

[3] In 1902 he was posted to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign, which in August commissioned as coast guard ship at Portsmouth.

[1] He became Commander of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron in 1920 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station in 1924.

[3] In 1901 he married Enid Githa Williams (known by her middle name);[5] they had four daughters.