Earl of Dalhousie

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The title Earl of Dalhousie (pronounced "Dal-how-sy") was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1633 for William, Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie, sometime Sheriff Principal for Edinburghshire. He died at the beginning of November 1672, a very old man.

Prior to his elevation, William Ramsay was Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie (created 1618) and also Lord Ramsay and Carrington (1633), both in the Peerage of Scotland.

Associated titles are Marquess of Dalhousie, created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1849 for the tenth Earl (the Marquessate became extinct when Lord Dalhousie died without male issue), and Baron Ramsay of Glenmark (1875) also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Brechin Castle is the current seat of the Earl of Dalhousie. The former seat, Dalhousie Castle, was sold in the late 20th Century and is now a hotel. Until then it was said to be a property longer in one family than any other in Scotland.

[edit] Earls of Dalhousie (1633)

• William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie (d. November 1672)
• George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1674)
• William Ramsay, 3rd Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1682)
• George Ramsay, 4th Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1696)
• William Ramsay, 5th Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1710)
• William Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie (c. 1660 – 1739)
• Charles Ramsay, 7th Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1764)
• George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1787)
• George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770 – 1838)
• James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812 – 1860)
• Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801 – 1874)
• George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie (1806 – 1880)
• John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847 – 1887)
• Arthur George Maule Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie (1878 – 1928)
• John Gilbert Ramsay, 15th Earl of Dalhousie (1904 – 1950)
• Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie (1914 – 1999)
• James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie (b. 1948)

• The Heir Apparent is Simon David Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (b. 18 Apr 1981)

[edit] External links

• Dalhousie Estates
• - Castle Dalhousie (Hotel Website)
• - Clan Ramsaypl:Hrabia Dalhousie