James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie

James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, DL (b. 17 January 1948), styled Lord Ramsay between 1950 and 1999, is a British land-owner.[1] [2]

The Earl was appointed, in succession to the Duke of Abercorn, as Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household in 2009.

The son of The 16th Earl of Dalhousie and Margaret Elizabeth Mary Stirling, Dalhousie inherited his title in 1999 on the death of his father. He is married to Marilyn Davina Butter, by whom he has two daughters and a son. [3] He is Chief of the Clan Ramsay.[4]

References

  1. ^ "James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie". thePeerage.com. 28 September 2010. http://www.thepeerage.com/p1133.htm#i11330. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Pelham, Amanda (17 February 2010). "The Lord speaks". Dal News (Dalhousie University). http://www.dal.ca/news/2010/02/17/lord_dal.html. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Peter Beauclerk Dewar (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain (19th ed.). Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC. ISBN 0-971196-0-5.  Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain (19th ed.) at Google Books
  4. ^ "The Clan Ramsay". http://www.ramsay.info/. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 

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Court offices
Preceded by
The Duke of Abercorn
Lord Steward
2009–present
Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Simon Ramsay
Earl of Dalhousie
1999–present
Incumbent