DALHOUSIE 37 22 Apr. 1801, at Brechin Castle, co. Forfar; ed. at Charterhouse school; for 12 years an officer in the 79th Highlanders; M.P. (Liberal) for co. Perth 1835-37, for Elgin Boroughs 1838-41, and for Perth Borough 1841-52. Under Sec. of Home dep. 1835-41 ; Vice Pres. of Board of Trade June to Sep. 1841; Sec. at War July 1846 to Feb. 1852; being Pres. of Board of Control for a few weeks in Feb. 1852; Sec. of State for War Feb. 1855 to Feb. 1858.0 P.C. 28 June 184 1 ; Lord Rector of the Univ. of Glasgow 1842-44; Lord Lieut, of co. Forfar 1849-74; Privy Seal [S.] 1853-74. He sue. his father, as Baron Panmure, 13 Apr. 1852. K.l . 28 Oct. 1853. G.C.B. (civil) 29 Oct. 1855. He took the name of Ramsay after that of Mauk, 1861. Grand Master of Freemasons [S.] 1867-70. He ;«., 4 Apr. 1831, Montagu, ist da. of George (Abercromby), 2nd Baron Abercromby, by Montagu, da. of Henry (Dundas), ist Viscount Melville. She, who was I?. 25 May i 807, d. at Pitfour Castle, co. Perth, 1 1, and was l>ur. 19 Nov. 1853, at Panbride, aged 46. C') He d. s.p., at Brechin Castle, 6, and was i>ur. 14 July 1874, at Panbride, aged 73, when the Barony of Panmure became extincL but the Scottish dignities devolved as below. EARLDOM [S. xn. BARONY [S.] XIII. BARONY [U.K.] I. 1875. 12 and 13. George (Ramsay), Earl of Dalhousie, i^c. [S.], cousin and h. male, being 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. of Lieut. Gen. the Hon. John Ramsay, by Mary, da. of Philip Delisle, of Calcutta, which John was 4th s. of the 8th Earl, and d. 28 June 1842, aged 57. He was i>. 26 Apr. 1806, and served in the navy from 1820, being in the Baltic expedition, 1854; superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard 1857-62; Com. in Chief on the South American Station 1866-69; Rear Adm. 1862, Vice Adm. 1869, and retired Adm. 1875. C.B. 5 Feb. 1856. On 12 June 1875 he, being a Conservative, was cr. BARON RAMSAY OF GLENMARK, co. Forfar [U.K.]. He m., 12 Aug. 1845, ^^ Trinity Chapel, Edinburgh, Sarah Frances, da. of William Robertson, of Logan House, Scotland. He ^/. suddenly, 20 July 1880, at Dalhousie Castle, aged 74. His widow </. at Stourbank, Nayland, Essex, i, and was htr. 5 May 1904, at Cockpen. EARLDOM [S.] ] XIII. BARONY [S.] XIV.
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13 and 14. John William (Ramsay), Earl OF Dalhousie, tPc. [S.], also Baron Ramsay OF Glenmark., s. and h., /?. ic) Jan. 1847, ^^ Aberdour House; Lieut. R.N. i 867; .5/)'/t'<r/LoRD Ramsay 1874-80; Commander R.N. 1874-79; matric. at Oxford (Ball. Coll.) 20 Oct. 1875. Equerry to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, (') Kinglake, in his Invasion of the Crimea, describes him as " mighty in curses, rough-tongued, and rough mannered," but without " base maUgnity, and was more of the rhinoceros than the tiger in Palmerston's Cabinet." V.G. C") Sir Walter Scott and others speak of her as beautiful. V.G.
