William Ramsay (MP)

William Ramsay Ramsay
William Ramsay Ramsay
Member of Parliament ; for Stirlingshire
	In office; 11 May 1831 – 27 December 1832
Preceded by	Henry Home-Drummond
Succeeded by	Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Member of Parliament ; for Midlothian
	In office; 6 July 1841 – 23 June 1845
Preceded by	William Gibson-Craig
Succeeded by	John Hope
Personal details
Born	29 May 1809
Died	15 March 1850 (aged 40)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative/Tory

William Ramsay Ramsay (29 May 1809 – 15 March 1850)[1][2] was a British Conservative Party and Tory politician.[3][4]

The eldest son of George Ramsay and Jean née Hamilton, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and, in 1828, married Mary Sandilands—daughter of James Sandilands, 10th Lord Torpichen—with whom he had 1 son, Charles William Ramsay (1844–1865). He inherited the estates of his father when "still an infant", an event which saw him conferred the distinction of "the richest commoner in Scotland".[4]

Ramsay was elected Tory MP for Stirlingshire at the 1831 general election, when invited to do so by Thomas Stirling, and campaigned on a platform of a determination to "uphold unimpaired the institutions of the country". He said, however, he was "free and unfettered from any pledges whatever" but claimed to be "friendly to a fair, liberal safe and equitably reform" but "decidedly opposed" to "altogether too sweeping and irrevocable reforms". In the House of Commons, he voted against the second and third readings of the English reform bill and voted to reject the second reading of the Scottish version of the bill. He stood down at the next election a year later. He was later, in 1841, elected Conservative MP for Midlothian, but resigned four years later by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[5][3][1][2][4]

References

Rayment, Leigh (23 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 200, 211–212. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
Jenkins, Terry. "RAMSAY, William Ramsay (1809-1850), of Barnton House, Edinburgh and Sauchie House, Stirling". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr William Ramsay

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Home-Drummond	Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire 1831–1832	Succeeded by Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Preceded by William Gibson-Craig	Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1841–1845	Succeeded by John Hope

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[leighrayment-1] Rayment, Leigh (23 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[leighrayment2-2] Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[stookssmith1842-3] Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 200, 211–212. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.

[hop-4] Jenkins, Terry. "RAMSAY, William Ramsay (1809-1850), of Barnton House, Edinburgh and Sauchie House, Stirling". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[craig1832-5] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.