William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey

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William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey (16 May 1848 – 8 May 1925), was a British Conservative politician.

De Ramsey was the eldest son of Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey, and Hon. Mary Julia Milles. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn, was his younger brother. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Ramsey until August 1887, when he inherited the barony on his father's death and entered the House of Lords. In 1890 de Ramsey was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury, a post he held until the Conservative defeat in the 1892 general election.

Lord de Ramsey married Lady Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill, daughter of John Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, in 1877. He thereby became the brother-in-law of Lord Randolph Churchill and the uncle (through marriage) of Winston Churchill. Lady de Ramsey died in 1920. Lord de Ramsey survived her by five years and died in May 1925, aged 76. He was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Ailwyn, his son and heir apparent Captain the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes having predeceased him.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Fellowes
The Viscount Mandeville		 Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
with Lord Douglas Gordon
1880 –1885		 Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Preceded by
(new constituency)		 Member of Parliament for Ramsey
1885–1887		 Succeeded by
Ailwyn Fellowes
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Torrington		 Lord-in-Waiting
1890–1892		 Succeeded by
The Lord Wolverton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Fellowes		 Baron de Ramsey Succeeded by
Ailwyn Fellowes

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