Lord John William Maule RAMSEY 13th Earl of Dalhousie
- Born: 29 Jan 1847, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Lady Ida Louisa BENNET on 6 Dec 1877 in Westminster, London, England
- Died: 25 Nov 1887, Le Havre, France at age 40
 General Notes:
MILITARY: He gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy
NOTEWORTHY: He held the offices of Equerry and Extra Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh;
Member of Parliament;
Held the office of Lord-in-Waiting in Ordinary to HM Queen Victoria;
Succeeded to the title of 13th Earl of Dalhousie in 1880;
Succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Ramsay of Glenmark in 1880;
Succeeded to the title of 14th Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie in 1880;
Succeeded to the title of 13th Lord Ramsay of Carrington in 1880;
Invested as a Knight, Order of the Thistle in 1881;
Held office of Secretary of State for Scotland in 1886
DEATH: His wife died of peritonitis (abdominal infection) at the age of 30 while in France after they returned from a trip to the United States. He was so distraught that he died of a stroke the next morning at age of 40.
Research Notes:
-- The Peerage, by Darryl Lundy (www.thepeerage.com/p158.htm#i1573)
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ramsay,_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie)
John married Lady Ida Louisa BENNET, daughter of Lord Charles Augustus BENNET 6th Earl of Tankerville and Lady Olivia MONTAGU Countess of Tankerville, on 6 Dec 1877 in Westminster, London, England. (Lady Ida Louisa BENNET was born on 22 Jun 1857 in London, England and died on 24 Nov 1887 in Le Havre, France.)
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