A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsden, William
RAMSDEN. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
William Ramsden is second son of the late Sir John Ramsden, Bart., by Louisa Susan Ingram Shepherd, youngest daughter and co-heir of Charles, ninth Viscount Irvine (a title which became extinct in 1778), and sister-in-law of Francis, second Marquess of Hertford, K.G. Two of his brothers (one of them, Henry James, married to a sister of the present Earl of Ellenborough – the other, Charles, to a daughter of Lord Strafford) are Captains in the Army. Through the marriage of his sisters he is brother-in-law of Lord Hawke, of Lord Charles Paulet (second son of the Marquess of Winchester), and of Lowther Augustus John, the third son of Lord Muncaster.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron; and in Sept. 1806, after having served for about three years in the Mediterranean, joined, as Midshipman, the Royal William, flagship of Admiral Geo. Montagu at Portsmouth. In the early part of 1807 he sailed in the Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the East Indies, where he removed to the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and was nominated, 14 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He was confirmed 30 Dec. following. He invalided home in 1810; joined next, in April, 1811, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, again on the Mediterranean station; was made Commander, 14 June, 1813, into the Ferret brig, on the north coast of Spain; left that vessel in April, 1814; and was afterwards, 10 Feb. and 29 April, 1818, appointed to the Doterel and Scout sloops. He continued in the latter vessel, again in the Mediterranean, until about Oct. 1821; and on 26 Dec. 1822, was advanced to Post-rank. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Ramsden married, 6 Aug. 1827, Lady Annabella Paulet, eldest daughter of the late Marquess of Winchester. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.