Born on March 17th, 1851, the son of John George Ferrand, of the Madras Army, and was educated at Edinburgh and Durham Universities. He entered the Indian Medical Service (Madras Army) on September 30th, 1875, was promoted Surgeon Major on September 30th, 1887, and Lieutenant-Colonel on September 30th, 1895. He served with the Burmese Expedition of 1886-1889 (Medal with Clasp). Upper Burmah was pacified in the latter year. He also served in the operations on the Samana and in the Kurram Valley in August and September, 1897, at the Relief of Gulistan, and in the Tirah Expedition. For services in the campaign on the North-West Frontier (1897-1898) he received a Medal with two Clasps. He was serving as Lieutenant-Colonel with the 66th Punjabis at the time of his death at Peshawur on March 9th, 1904.