George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie

George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie , († before February 11, 1673 or 1674 ) was a Scottish nobleman.

Family and title

Ramsay was born to William Ramsay and his wife, Lady Margaret Carnegie. By contract of December 10, 1644 he married Lady Anne Flemming, daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigton and his wife Margret Linlithgow and widow of Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd . With her he had four daughters and four sons. With the death of his father in November 1672, the title of Earl of Dalhousie passed to him. The hereditary titles passed to his eldest son William with the death of Ramsay .

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 32 .

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

Web links

Family tree on geneall.net
George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie, on thepeerage.com , accessed July 3, 2013.
Entry on familysearch.org

predecessor	Office	successor
William Ramsay	Earl of Dalhousie 1672–1673/74	William Ramsay

personal data
SURNAME	Ramsay, George, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ramsay, George 3. Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1673 or 1674

[1] 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. 32 .