William Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie

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William Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie (* around December 2, 1660 , † December 8, 1739 in Dalkeith ) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.

Life

Ramsay was born the son of John Ramsay and was baptized on December 2, 1660 in Dundee . The maternal family was from Whitekirk , East Lothian . Around 1700 he married his cousin Jean Ross, daughter of William Ross, 10th Lord Ross and his wife Margaret Forrester. From this marriage there was a son, who died before his father. His second marriage was to Janet Martin. Since Ramsay's second nephew, William, died unmarried and childless, Ramsay took over the hereditary titles of the family with his death in October 1710. He belonged to the army and reached the rank of captain there . When Ramsay himself died in 1739, these passed on to his grandson Charles .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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 .
  2. ^ William Ramsay, 6th 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
1710-1739 		Charles Ramsay
personal data
SURNAME Ramsay, William, 6th Earl of Dalhousie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramsay, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman and soldier
DATE OF BIRTH around December 2, 1660
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1739
Place of death Dalkeith