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DALHOUSIE. 13 Earldom [S.] " VIII. Barony [S .] IX. S and 0. George (Ramsay), Eaiu, of Dal- housie, &c, [S.], br. and h. Member of the faculty of r 1 70 1 advocates, 1757 ; one of the Lords of Police [S.], 1775-82; ' High Commissioner to the Gen. assembly of the Church [S.J, 1777-8-2 ; Ret. Peer [S.J, 1774-87. In 1782, by the death of his uncle William (MaULe), Eaul of Panmure [I.[, above named, he sue. for life to the estates of his maternal family, with a rem. to his second sou ( a ) He HI. 30 July 1707, at Edinburgh, Elizabeth da. of Andrew Glen, niece and h. of James Glen, of Longcroft, co. Linlith- gow, Gov. of the province of Carolina. He d. 15 Nov. 1787, at Abbeville in Frauce.( b ) His widow d. in St. Andrew's Square, Ediuburgh, 17 Feb. 1807, aged 68 and was bur. at Coekpcn. Earldom [S.J 1 IX. i Barony [S.] f x. J Barony [U.K.] I. 1815. 17S7. 1 9, 10 anil 1. George (Ramsay), Earl op DalhousIB, &c. [S.] s. and h., b. 23rd Oct., 1770 : styled Lord Ramsay, 1770-87 ; joined the army 17S8 ; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Foot, 1794. serving as such in the West r" Indies, 1793 ; in Ireland, during the rebellion, 1798 ; in Holland, 1799, and in Egypt, 1801 ; was at Walcheren, as Major-Gen. in 1809, and wag present at Waterloo: becoming finally (1S30) Gen. in the army. Col. of the 26th Reg., 1813 ; Capt-Gell. of the Queen's Body Guard of Royal Archers; Rep. Peer [S.] 1796 to 1815 when, on 11 August 1815 he was a: HA RON DA LHOUSIE OF DALHOUSIE CASTLE, co. Edinburgh. Nom. K.B. 11th and iuv. 27th Sep. 1813, becoming G.G.B. in 1815, on the institution of that rank. Lieut. -Gov. of Nova Scotia, 1816 ; Gov.-in-Chief of Canada, Nova Scotia, &c, 1819-28 ; Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 1829-32. He m. 14 May 1805, at Castlewigg, co. Wigton, Christian, da. and h. of Charles Brown of Cou'lston, co. Haddington. He d. 21 March 1838 at Dalhousie Castle, aged 67. His widow, who was b. 28 Feb. 1786, <?. 22nd Jan. 1839 at Ediuburgh. [George Ramsay, tfyled, Loud Ramsay, 1st s. anil h. ap., b. 3 Aug. 1806, at Dalhousie Castle. He was C'apt. iu the 26th Foot and d. unm., v. p., 25 Oct. 1832 at Dalhousie Castle, aged 26. J Earldom fS.] X. Barony [S.] XL Barony [U.K.] II. Marquessate. I. 1819 to 18G0. 10, 11, 2 and 1. James Andrew (Ramsay, afterwards Brown-Ramsay), Earl ok Dalhousie, &c. [S.], also Baron Dalhousie ok Dalhousie Castle [U.K.], 3rd but only surv. b. and h., 6. 22 April 1812 at Dalhousie Castle; ed. at Harrow and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; sti/led Loud Ramsay, 1832-38; B. A. and 4th class, 1833, M.A. 1S38 ; M.P. for co. Haddington, 1837-38, when he sue. to the peerage; P.C. 1843, ami Vice-President of the Board of Trade, IS 13-47 ; President, 1845-46 ; Lord Clerk Registrar [S,] 1845 ; Governor-Gkn. ok India 1847 to 1856, during which period 4 great Kingdoms, Pegu and the Punjab (by conquest) and Nagpore and Oude( c ) (by anuexatiou) were added to our dominion, railways were planned on an enormous scale, 4,000 miles of electric telegraph estabished, the postal system reformed, &c. K.T. 12 May 1848. On 25 Aug. 1849 he, having received the thanks of Pari, was cr. MARQUESS OF > J (") William, who took the name Maule, who was cr. Baron Panmure in 1831, being father of Fox, 2d Baron I'aumure, who in 1860, sue. as 11th Earl of Dalhousie [S.] (<>) " Inter Nobiles, Doctus ; inter Doctos, Nobilis " as classically expressed by his old Preceptor, Professor Geoige Stuart. (°) " A deed for which he was not auswerable [the Home Authorities having announced that such was their poliey] and which well nigh brought our Empire iu the east to a setting in blood and gloom."— So states the "Annual Register" for 1860, but the annexation of Oude, 7 Feb. 1856, was theu [1856], and probably is now, generally considered a glorious termination of Dalhousie'a Governorship.