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George Ramsay was one of Wellington's generals. While serving as lieutenant-governor he founded Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The 9th earl was in 1815 created Baron Dalhousie in the peerage of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly. He married Christina Broun of Coalstoun, a lady of noble lineage and distinguished gifts, with whom he had three sons, the two elder of whom died early. His youngest son was James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie.

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The Ramsays of Dalhousie (or Dalwolsie) in MidlothianMidlothian is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto South Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, East Lothian, City of Edinburgh and West Lothian. There is a traditional county of the same name, which borders West were a branch of the main line of ScottishScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p Ramsays, of whom the earliest known is Simon de Ramsay , of HuntingdonThis article is about the English town of Huntingdon. For other uses see Huntingdon (disambiguation Huntingdon is a town in Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire, and now serves as the adm, England, mentioned in 1140Events Henry Jasomirgott was made count palatine of the Rhine. The town of Lanark in Scotland was made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland. Camaldolite monk Gratian founds the science of Canon Law with the publication of the Decretum Births Michael Acomi as the grantee of lands in West LothianWest Lothian or Linlithgowshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto City of Edinburgh, Falkirk and Midlothian. The area is also a traditional county. As such, it borders Stirlingshire to the west, Lana at the hands of David I. A Sir William de Ramsay of Dalhousie swore fealty to Edward I in 1296, but is famous for having in 320 signed the letter to the pope asserting the independence of Scotland; and his supposed son, Sir Alexander Ramsay (d. 1342), was the Scottish patriot and capturer of Roxburgh Castle (1342), who, having been made warder of the castle and sheriff of Teviotdale by David II, was soon afterwards carried off and starved to death by his predecessor, the Douglas, in revenge. Sir John Ramsay of Dalhousie (1580-1626), James VI's favorite, is famous for rescuing the king in the Gowrie conspiracy, and was created (1606) Viscount Haddington and Lord Ramsay of Barns (subsequently baron of Kingston and earl of Holderness in England). The barony of Ramsay of Meirose was granted in 1618 to his brother George Ramsay of Dalhousie (d. 1629), whose son William Ramsay (d. 1674) was made 1st earl of Dalhousie in 1633.