George Ramsay, 4th Earl of Dalhousie

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George Ramsay, 4th Earl of Dalhousie (* around 1668 , † 1696 in the Netherlands ) was a Scottish nobleman.

Family and career

Ramsay was born the eldest son of William Ramsay, 3rd Earl of Dalhousie and his wife Lady Mary Moore. He had two brothers and a sister. With the death of the father in November 1682, the family's hereditary titles passed to him, even if he was still a minor at that time. After the death of his father, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth , took care of the boy and tried to use his influence as Lord Chancellor of Scotland to enable him to attend a Catholic school in Douai , but this failed. In 1696 Ramsay was killed in a duel with a Mr. Hamilton in the Netherlands. Since he died unmarried and childless, his younger brother William took over both the position of head of the family and the titles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at familysearch.org ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histfam.familysearch.org
  2. ↑ Dalhousie, Ramsay of Dalhousie, and Dalhousie of Dalhousie Castle and of the Punjaub . In: George E. Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs (Ed.): The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct or dormant . Vol. 4: Dacre to Dysart. St. Catherine Press, London 1916, pp. 33 .
  3. ↑ Entry at familysearch.org ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histfam.familysearch.org
  4. ↑ George Ramsay, 4th Earl of Dalhousie on thepeerage.com , accessed July 4, 2013.

literature

  • Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish feudal Barons. 107th edition. Boydell & Brewer Inc, Stokesley 2003, ISBN 0971196621 (Vol I), p. 1019

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predecessor Office successor
William Ramsay Earl of Dalhousie
1682-1696 		William Ramsay
personal data
SURNAME Ramsay, George, 4th Earl of Dalhousie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramsay, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1668
DATE OF DEATH 1696
Place of death Netherlands