Earl of Dalhousie
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| Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
| First holder | William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie |
| Present holder | James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Heir apparent | Simon David Ramsay, Lord Ramsay |
| Subsidiary titles | Lord Ramsay Baron Dalhousie Baron Ramsay |
| Seat(s) | Brechin Castle |
| Former seat(s) | Dalhousie Castle |
Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.
The family descends from Sir George Ramsay, who represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1617. He received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also of the barony of Melrose on the resignation of John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness. In 1618 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Ramsay of Melrose. However, as he did not like the title, he obtained a letter from James VI in 1619 to change it to Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie (with the precedence of 1618). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Lord. He sat as a member of the Scottish Parliament for Montrose in 1617 and 1621 and served as Sheriff Principal of Edinburghshire. In 1633 he was created Lord Ramsay of Keringtoun and Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, in the Peerage of Scotland. His grandson, the third Earl (who succeeded his father in 1674), fought at the Battle of Bothwell Brig in 1679. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was killed in a duel with a Mr Hamilton. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. He was a colonel in the Scots Guards and brigadier-general in the British Army and fought in the War of the Spanish Succession.
He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Earl. He was the son of Captain the Hon. John Ramsay, second son of the first Earl. Lord Dalhousie's eldest son of George Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (died 1739), married Jean, daughter of the Hon. Harry Maule of Kelly, younger son of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure, brother of James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure, who took part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was attainted in 1716 with his titles forfeited (see Earl of Panmure). Dalhousie was succeeded by his grandson, the seventh Earl. He was the eldest son of Lord Ramsay. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the eighth Earl. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1774 to 1787. His second son the Hon. William Ramsay succeeded to the Maule estates in 1784 and was created Baron Panmure in 1831. Lord Dalhousie was succeeded by his eldest son, the ninth Earl. He was a distinguished soldier and served as Governor General of British North America and as Commander-in-Chief of India. In 1815 he was created Baron Dalhousie, of Dalhousie Castle in the County of Edinburgh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
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