John Charles Ramsden

John Charles Ramsden (30 April 1788 – 29 December 1836)[1][2] was a British Whig[3] and Liberal Party[4] politician from Newby Park in Yorkshire.[5] He sat in the House of Commons between 1812 and 1836.

John Charles Ramsden
Member of Parliament for Malton
In office 1833–1836 Serving with Charles Pepys John Walbanke-Childers
Preceded by	The Viscount Milton Charles Pepys
Succeeded by	The Viscount Milton John Walbanke-Childers
In office 1812–1831 Serving with The Viscount Duncannon, The Viscount Normanby, Sir James Scarlett, Francis Jeffrey
Preceded by	Bryan Cooke Robert Lawrence Dundas
Succeeded by	Henry Gally Knight Francis Jeffrey
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
In office 1831–1832 Serving with George Strickland, The Viscount Morpeth, Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Preceded by	Richard Bethell William Duncombe Viscount Morpeth Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt
Succeeded by	Constituency divided
Personal details
Born	(1788-04-30)30 April 1788
Died	29 December 1836(1836-12-29) (aged 48)
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Isabella Dundas ​ ( m. 1814; his death 1836)
Relations	Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine (grandfather) Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet (grandfather)
Children	Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Baronet
Parents	Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepheard

Early life

He was the eldest son of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet (1755–1839), the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound, and his wife Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepheard (c. 1766–1857), daughter of the 9th Viscount of Irvine.[6] His younger brother, Captain Henry James Ramsden (1799–1871), is the direct ancestor the 8th and 9th Ramsden Baronets.

Career

At the 1812 general election, Ramsden was elected as one of the two MPs for borough of Malton.[3][7] He was re-elected at the next four general elections,[8][9][10][11] and held the seat until 1831.[2] At the 1831 general election he was elected as one of the four MPs for the Yorkshire county constituency.[5][12] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire in May 1831,[13] and held his seat in Parliament until the constituency was divided by the Reform Act 1832,[1] and at the general election in December 1832 he unsuccessfully contested the new North Riding of Yorkshire constituency.[4]

He was returned to the Commons three months later, when he was elected without a contest[14] as MP for the Malton,[15] at a by-election after the sitting Liberal MP Viscount Milton resigned to contest a vacancy in the Northern division of Northamptonshire.[14] He was re-elected unopposed in 1835,[16] and held the seat until his death.[2][17]

Personal life

On 4 May 1814, he married Isabella Dundas (1790–1887), daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske and Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam.[18] Isabella's maternal grandfather was William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam,[19] and her uncle was William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, a leading Whig politician and one of the richest people in Britain. Together, they were the parents of:[17]

• Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Baronet (1831–1914), who married Lady Helen Guendolen Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset, in 1865.

He died in 1836, aged only 48. As he predeceased his father, his son John succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather, the 4th baronet in 1839.[17]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
3. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 414. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 489. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
5. "No. 18804". The London Gazette. 17 May 1831. p. 948.
6. Lundy, Darryl. "John Charles Ramsden". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
7. "No. 16662". The London Gazette. 27 October 1812. p. 2166.
8. "No. 17376". The London Gazette. 7 July 1818. p. 1217.
9. "No. 17627". The London Gazette. 26 August 1820. p. 1635.
10. "No. 18268". The London Gazette. 14 July 1826. p. 1752.
11. "No. 18721". The London Gazette. 27 August 1830. p. 1831.
12. Stooks Smith, page 393
13. "No. 18813". The London Gazette. 14 June 1831. p. 1168.
14. Craig, page 204
15. "No. 19030". The London Gazette. 15 March 1833. p. 523.
16. "No. 19234". The London Gazette. 30 January 1835. p. 170.
17. "RAMSDEN, John Charles (1788-1836), of Buckden and Newby Park, Yorks. and 6 Upper Brook Street, Mdx". www.histparl.ac.uk. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
18. Lundy, Darryl. "Isabella Dundas". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
19. Lundy, Darryl. "ILady Charlotte FitzWilliam". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Charles Ramsden
• Portraits of John Charles Ramsden at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bryan Cooke Robert Lawrence Dundas	Member of Parliament for Malton 1812–1831 With: Viscount Duncannon 1812–26 Viscount Normanby 1826–30 Sir James Scarlett 1830 – April 1831 Francis Jeffrey from April 1831	Succeeded by Henry Gally Knight Francis Jeffrey
Preceded by Richard Bethell William Duncombe Viscount Morpeth Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt	Member of Parliament for Yorkshire 1831–1832 With: George Strickland Viscount Morpeth Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt	Constituency divided
Preceded by Viscount Milton (1) Charles Pepys	Member of Parliament for Malton 1833–1836 With: Charles Pepys to 1836 John Walbanke-Childers from 1836	Succeeded by Viscount Milton (2) John Walbanke-Childers