The Earl of Dalhousie | |
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Secretary for Scotland | |
In office 5 April 1886 – 20 July 1886 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | George Trevelyan |
Succeeded by | Arthur Balfour |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool | |
In office 1880–1880 | |
Preceded by | William Rathbone Viscount Sandon Edward Whitley |
Succeeded by | Lord Claud Hamilton Viscount Sandon Edward Whitley |
Personal details | |
Born | John William Maule Ramsay 29 January 1847 Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Died | 25 November 1887 Le Havre, France | (aged 40)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Lady Ida Louisa Bennet
(m. 1877; died 1887) |
Children | 5 sons, including Arthur, Patrick, and Sir Alexander |
Parent(s) | George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie Sarah Frances Robertson |
Relatives | Charles Maule Ramsay (brother) |
Education | Charterhouse School |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
John William Maule Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, PC (29 January 1847 – 25 November 1887), styled Lord Ramsay between 1874 and 1880, was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland in William Ewart Gladstone's short-lived 1886 administration.