Ramsay

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Not to be confused with Ramsey.

Ramsay is the Scottish spelling of Ramsey and may refer to one of the following.

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Clan Ramsay is a Scottish clan led by the Earl of Dalhousie whose seat is now at Brechin Castle, Angus, having previously been at Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian. There is another branch of the clan, the Ramsays of Bamff, Perthshire. A family of Anglo-Norman origin, Symon de Ramesie was granted lands in Midlothian by David I. King David was also Earl of Huntingdon, where Ramsey is considered a local name, so in all likelihood Symon had accompanied David from England when he became King of Scots in 1124.

Sigmund de Ramesie witnessed a Charter for the Church of Livingstone to the Abbey of Holyrood before 1175. The de Ramsays grew in strength, and by the 13th century there were five influential branches – Dalhousie, Auchterhouse, Bamff, Forthar and Clatto. William de Ramsay of Dalhousie and Peter de Ramsay of Forthar (Bishop of Aberdeen) served as members of the King's Council from 1255 during the minority of Alexander III, and another Sir William, probably the former's grandson, paid homage to Edward I of England in 1296.

Thereafter. this Sir William supported Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, and in the later 14th century, Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie led a group of Resistance Fighters against English incursions into southern Scotland from the caves of Hawthornden and Gorton in Roslin Glen. In 1342, he was made Sheriff of Teviotdale, but incurring the enmity of the Douglases was captured by them and held prisoner in Hermitage Castle, where he died of starvation. In 1358 Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie (Fife) was made Earl of Fife by David II.

In 1400, another Sir Alexander Ramsay held Dalhousie Castle against Henry IV of England, in 1513, and yet another Alexander Ramsay died at the Battle of Flodden. In 1600, John Ramsay of Dalhousie killed the Earl of Gowrie and his brother, who had allegedly plotted to kidnap James VI, and a grateful King created him Earl of Holderness . At the same time, John's brother George became Lord Ramsay. The 2nd Lord Ramsay was created Earl of Dalhousie in 1633. he was passionately opposed to the religious reforms of Charles I and opposed the Marquis of Montrose at the Battle of Philiphaugh in 1645.


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