Sir James Henry Ramsay, 10th Baronet of Banff

Biographical Summary

"Sir James Henry Ramsay, Baronet [S. 1666], of Bamff, 1st s. and h., o. 21 May 1832, at Versailles, in France; ed. at Engby School; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 26 June 1851, aged 19; 1st class Classics, 1854; 1st class Law and Modern History, 1855; B.A., 1855; M.A., 1858; Barrister (Lincoln's Inn), 1863; suc. to the Baronetcy, 22 Feb. 1871 ; is author of Lancaster and Torle and other historical works. He m. firstly, 24 July 1861, at St. Andrew's, Kelso, Elizabeth Mary Charlotte, 1st da. of William Scott-Kerr, of Chatto and Sunlaws, co. Roxburgh, by his 1st wife, Hannah Charlotte, relict of Sir John James Scott-Douglas, 3d Baronet [1786], da. and h. of Henry Scott, of Belford, co. Roxburgh. She d. s.p.m., 28 Aug. 1868, at Bamff, aged 29. He m. secondly, 20 Aug. 1873, at St. John's, Edinburgh, Charlotte Fanning, only surv. child of William Stewart, of Ardvorlich, by Jane Emily, da. of John Willson, of Purdiesburn, co. Down."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1904; Vol. IV; page 260
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