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34 EARLDOM [S. VII. BARONY [S.] VIII. 1739- DALHOUSIE 7 and 8. Charles (Ramsay), Earl of Dal- HousiE, i^c. [S.], 1st surv. grandson and h., being s. and h. of George Ramsay, sf^led Lord Ramsay, and Jean, his wife abovenamed. Capt. 3rd regt. of Foot Guards, with rank of Lieut. Col. in the Army, 1753. He d. unm., 29 Jan. 1764, at Edinburgh. EARLDOM [S.] VIII. BARONY [S.] IX. [764. 8 and 9. George (Ramsay), Earl of Dal- HousiE, iiz. [S.], br. and h. Member of the faculty of advocates 1757; Grand Master of Freemasons [S.] 1767-69; Rep. Peer [S.] 1774- -87; a Lord of Police [S.] 1775-82; High Commissioner to the Gen. Assembly of the Church [S.] 1777-82. In 1782, by the death of his uncle, William (Maule), Earl of Panmure [I.], abovenamed, he sue. for life to the estates of his maternal family, with a rem. to his 2nd son.(*) He m., 30 July 1767, at Edinburgh, Elizabeth (with ;^30,ooo), da. of Andrew Glen, niece and h. of James Glen, of Longcroft, co. Linlithgow, Gov. of the province of Carolina. He d. 15 Nov. 1787, at Abbeville, in France-C") His widow d. 17 Feb. 1807, in St. Andrew's Sq., Edinburgh, aged 68, and was bur. at Cockpen. EARLDOM [S.] ] IX. BARONY [S.] X. BARONY [U.K.] I. 1815. [787. 9, 10 and I. George (Ramsay), Earl of Dalhousie, fffc. [S.], s. and h., b. 23 Oct. 1770: styled Lord Ramsay 1770-87; joined the army 1788; Lieut. Col. 2ncl Foot, serving as such in the West Indies, 1793; in Ireland, during the rebellion, 1798; in Holland, 1799, and in Egypt, 1801; was at Walcheren in 1809; commanded the 7th Division in the Peninsular War 18 12-14; and fought at Waterloo: Major Gen. 1808; Lieut. Gen. 18 13; Gen. in the army 1830. Col. of the 26th regt. 1813-28; Pres. of the Queen's Body Guard of Royal Archers 1821-30, and Capt. Gen. thereof 1830-38; Rep. Peer [S.] (Tory) 1796 to 1806, and 1807-18. Grand Master of Freemasons [S.] 1 804-06. On 1 1 Aug. 18 15, he was cr. BARON DALHOUSIE OF DALHOUSIE CASTLE, co. Edinburgh. Nom. K.B. 11, and inv. 27 Sep. 1813, becoming G.C.B. in 1 8 1 5, on the institution of that rank. Lieut. Gov. of Nova Scotia 18 16-19; Gov. in Chief of Canada, Nova Scotia, tfc, 1819-28; Com- (^) William, who took the name Maule, and was cr. Baron Panmure in 183 1, being father of Fox, 2nd Baron Panmure, who in i860 luc. as nth Earl of Dalhousie [S.]. (*•) "Inter Nobiles, Doctus; inter Doctos, Nobilis," as classically expressed by his old preceptor, Professor George Stuart, and as applied by Samuel Johnson to Lord Chesterfield.