Hallowell at the Nore – and, 11 March and 23 June, 1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isis 50, Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, all flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre, with whom he served as Signal-Lieutenant (in the Spartiate and Wellesley) on the South American station, until advanced to his present rank 15 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Ramsden married, 27 Aug. 1835, Elizabeth, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Prebendary of Dublin, by whom he has issue two sons.
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.
RAMSEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26; h-p., 21.)
Edward Ramsey was born 14 Jan. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart; in which ship, after cruizing in the North Sea, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and took part, as Midshipman, in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. Removing, in May, 1804, to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone Hope and Sam. Pym, he fought under the latter in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the following July he joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris; and on 21 March, 1810, up to which period he had been serving off Lisbon and in the Channel and Mediterranean, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, on the station last named, of the Leviathan 74, Capts. John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. His confirmation took place 4 May following. He was subsequently employed, from 19 Oct. 1811 until 25 Oct. 1814, in the Unité 36, Capt. Henry Edwin Chamberlayne, in the Adriatic; and from June, 1824, until July, 1828, in raising volunteers for the service at Liverpool. Since 7 Sept. 1841 he has filled the appointment of Director of Police at Sheerness Dockyard.
RAMSEY. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
Samuel Ramsey entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias Rowley. In that ship he was at first stationed off the Texel; he afterwards served in her as Midshipman in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and at the taking of Buenos Ayres. On the recapture of the latter place, in Aug. 1806, he fell into the hands of the enemy;[1] and he remained a prisoner of war until the evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807. He was then received on board the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, lying in the Rio de la Plata, and in Jan. 1808 he rejoined the Raisonnable, still commanded by Capt. Rowley; with whom, after having served on shore at the reduction of St. Paul’s, in the Ile de Bourbon, he removed to the Boadicea 38. He was in consequence present at the taking of the Ile de Bourbon itself; at the recapture of the Africaine 38; and at the surrender, after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Vénus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32. Being nominated, 9 Oct. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the vessel last named, commanded in succession by Capts. Tomkinson and Paterson, Mr. Ramsey, in the following Dec, contributed to the capture of the Isle of France. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 11 July, 1811; and subsequently appointed – 21 Nov. in the same year, to the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, attached to the Channel fleet – 24 Jan. 1814, to the Carron 20, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Jas. Barnwall Tattnall, and Nich. Lechmere Pateshall, in which vessel (he continued in her until Aug. 1816) he witnessed an attack made upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, 15 Sept. 1814, and took part in the operations connected with the expedition against New Orleans – and 10 Sept. 1825, as First, to the Doterel 18, Capt. Henry Edwards, fitting for the Halifax station, where he remained about 12 months. He attained his present rank 22 Aug. 1828; and from 30 March, 1840, until the spring of 1845, filled the appointment of Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
RAMSEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Ramsey, born 2 Sept. 1786, is son of Robt. Ramsey, Esq., Purser of H.M.S. Resource, who was drowned in the Downs in Sept. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Geo. Dundas and Thos. Manby, with whom he served in the North Sea and West Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, until July, 1802. In July, 1803, he joined the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, guardship at Leith; he removed, in April, 1805, to the Ernest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Alex. Sinclair and Rich. Templar, lying in the Downs; and from 1807 until wrecked, 6 Nov. 1813, on the north end of the island of Barbuda, he was employed on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, and North American stations, in the Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, and Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan. While belonging next to the Cleopatra 32, commanded in the West Indies by Capt. Chas. Gill, and absent in charge of a prize, he was taken prisoner, 28 March, 1814, by the Americans, who detained him a captive for about 12 months. He was subsequently, from June to Oct. 1815, employed at Plymouth in the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. He then took up a commission bearing date 11 March in the same year, 1815; and has since been on half-pay. He married, 17 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Honey, a lady by whom he has issue eight children.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 113.
