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John William Maule Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, PC (29 January 1847 – 25 November 1887), styled Lord Ramsay between 1874 and 1880, was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland in William Ewart Gladstone's short-lived 1886 administration.
William Ramsay (d. 1672) was created Earl of Dalhousie in 1633, and further property (for example at Melrose (Roxburghshire) and in Fife) was acquired in the 17th century. Of these family...
By the 13th century there were five major branches of the Clan Ramsay: the Ramsays of Dalhousie, the Ramsays of Auchterhouse, the Ramsays of Banff, the Ramsay of Forfar and the Ramsays of Clatto. In 1255, during the minority of Alexander III of Scotland, William de Ramsay of Dalhousie was a member of the king's council.
His brother John was a favourite of King James VI of Scotland. In 1600 this John saved the Kings life by killing the Earl of Gowrie, who in the famous “Gowrie Conspiracy” was plotting to kidnap the King. As a reward John was granted the titles of Earl of Holderness and Viscount Haddington by King James.
He was succeeded in the Scottish titles by his first cousin, the twelfth Earl, who was the second son of the Hon. John Ramsay, fourth son of the eighth Earl. Lord Dalhousie was an admiral in the Royal Navy .
Ramsay, John William, (1847-1887), 13th Earl of Dalhousie. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s)...
John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847-87) c.1878. Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2584324. ©. Description. Photograph of Commander Lord Ramsay, three-quarters length portrait, in uniform and sidewhiskers. Provenance. Presented to King George V when Duke of York by John Neale Dalton (1839-1931), November 7 1892.
