George Ramsay (Jacobite)

George Ramsay (died 1689) was a Scottish Jacobite soldier noted for his service during the Williamite War in Ireland. He reached the rank of Brigadier in the Irish Army. He seems have been the "Colonel Ramsey" that went north with Major-General Jean Camus, Marquis de Pusignan, after the arrival of James II at Dublin.[1] During the Siege of Derry he took part in a Jacobite attempt to seize Windmill Hill,[2] and was killed there.[3] His loss was a major blow to the Jacobites as he was considered the best soldier in the army after Richard Hamilton.[4] He is buried at the Catholic Long Tower Church in Derry.[5]

His surname is sometimes spelled Ramsey. Childs calls him Robert Ramsay.[6]

Noteas and references
  1. D'Alton 1855, p. 950: "On the 14th of April following, when King James in his northern march came to Omagh, he found Pusignan's infantry there, left under the command of Colonel Ramsey;"
  2. Childs 2007, p. 99: "Before Derry, on the night of 5–6 May Brigadier Ramsay drove the guards out of a small earthwork built during Lundy's governorship and occupied Windmill Hill."
  3. Witherow 1879, p. 128: "Brigadier Ramsay, in an attempt to rally his men and bring them up again to renew the encounter, was slain."
  4. Doherty p.106-7
  5. Doherty p.236
  6. Childs 2007, p. [86]: "Brigadier Robert Ramsay"
  • Childs, John (2007), The Williamite Wars in Ireland 1688 - 1691, London: Hambledon Continuum Press, ISBN 978-1-85285-573-4
  • Doherty, Richard (2008), The Siege of Derry 1689 - The Military History, Chalford: Spellmount, ISBN 978-0-7524-5536-5
  • D'Alton, John (1855), Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James' Irish Army List 1689, Dublin: D'Alton
  • Witherow, Thomas (1879), Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689, London & Belfast: William Mallan & Son
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