1809 - 1850 (40 years)
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Name |
William Ramsay |
Birth |
29 May 1809 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
15 Mar 1850 |
Person ID |
I102834 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- WILLIAM RAMSAY RAMSAY, Esq. March 15. At Barnton House, near Edinburgh, in his 41st year, William Ramsay Ramsay, esq. of that place, and of Bannockburn and Sauchie, ??. Stirling. He was the only son and heir of George Ramsay, esq. of Barnton, by the Hon. Jean Hamilton, second daughter of Robert Lord Belhaven. By the death of his father, which occurred in 1810 (when he was still an infant), he became possessed of estates in Midlothian and Stirlingshire to an extent popularly conferring on him the distinction of "the richest commoner in Scotland." He was widely known on the turf for a considerable number of years. At the general election of 1841 he was returned to Parliament without opposition for the county of Midlothian ; but he retired before the dissolution of 1847. Mr. Ramsay married, Aug. 4, 1828, the Hon. Mary Sandilands, only daughter of the present Lord Torphichen ; and has left issue a son and heir, Charles William Ramsay, esq.
source:
The Gentleman's Magazine
Published by F. Jefferies [etc.], 1850
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