Aga Khan II maintained the cordial ties that his father had developed with the British and was appointed to the Bombay Legislative Council when Sir James Fergusson was the governor of Bombay.
It was named by Governor Fergusson after the Ardrossan seaport in Scotland and it was proclaimed on 5 November 1873.
The island was named by Captain John Moresby after Sir James Fergusson, who was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1873-74.
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet (1832–1907), former Governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay
Jamestown (originally James Town) was named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of South Australia when the town was surveyed in 1871.
As such, on 14 November 1884, the foundation stone for the present museum building was laid by the Governor of Bombay, Sir James Fergusson and named Fergusson Museum after him by Maharao of Cutch.
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