Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet

Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff FRSE (1797–1859) was a 19th-century Scottish baronet.

Life
Bamff House

He was born in Bamff House in Perthshire, north-east of Blairgowrie on 26 September 1797, the son of Sir William Ramsay 7th Baronet of Bamff and his wife, Agnata Frances Biscoe.[1]

He became baronet at the age of ten on the death of his father in 1807.

The family motto is "spernit pericula virtus".[2]

In 1823 he became a member of the Highland Society. In 1851 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was William Gregory.[3]

He died on New Year's Day, 1 January 1859.

Family

In 1828 he married Jane Oliphant daughter of John Hope Oliphant [1] and maternal grand-daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean.[2]

As they were childless the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, George Ramsay of Banff (1800-1871).[4]

References
  1. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  2. Burke's Peerage: Ramsay
  3. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  4. "Sir George Ramsay of Bamff, 9th Baronet". geni_family_tree. 10 March 1800.


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