James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff

Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff FRSE (1797–1859) was a 19th-century Scottish baronet.

Life

Bamff House

He was born in Bamff House in Perthshire, north-east of Blairgowrie on 26 September 1797, the son of Sir William Ramsay 7th Baronet of Bamff and his wife, Agnata Frances Biscoe.[1]

He became baronet at the age of ten on the death of his father in 1807.

The family motto is "spernit pericula virtus".[2]

In 1823 he became a member of the Highland Society. In 1851 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was William Gregory.[3]

He died on New Year's Day, 1 January 1859.

Family

In 1828 he married Jane Oliphant daughter of John Hope Oliphant [4] and maternal grand-daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean.[5]

As they were childless the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, George Ramsay of Banff (1800-1871).[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p40042.htm
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage: Ramsay
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p40042.htm
  5. ↑ Burke's Peerage: Ramsay
  6. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-George-Ramsay-of-Bamff-9th-Baronet/6000000019004137323


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