George Ramsay R.N.
George Ramsay R.N.
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George Ramsay R.N. | Explanation |
Second son of John (1775-1842), the fourth son of George Ramsay, eighth earl of Dalhousie |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
26 April 1806 | | Born |
12 August 1845 | | Married Sarah Frances (died 1904), only daughter of William Robertson of Logan House, Midlothian |
6 July 1874 | | Succeeded as 12th earl of Dalhousie |
12 June 1875 | | Created Baron Ramsay in the peerage of the United Kingdom |
20 July 1880 | | Died (Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian) |
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Date | Rank |
December 1820 | Entered Navy |
30 April 1827 | Lieutenant |
10 January 1837 | Commander |
20 March 1843 | Captain |
22 November 1862 | Rear-Admiral |
17 March 1869 | Vice-Admiral |
30 July 1875 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
3 August 1838 | | Commander in Pilot, North America & West Indies |
21 August 1849 | 1852 | Captain in Alarm, North America and West Indies |
26 December 1853 | 23 April 1857 | Captain in Euryalus (from commissioning at Chatham until paying off at Plymouth), the Baltic during the Russian War, then (1856) North America and West Indies |
27 July 1857 | 1 September 1862 | Captain in Saturn, Pembroke Dockyard, captain superintendent |
1866 | 1869 | Commander-in-chief east coast of South America (flag in Narcissus) |