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John Charles Ramsden

John Charles Ramsden

British politician (1788–1836)

John Charles Ramsden (30 April 1788 – 29 December 1836)[1][2] was a British Whig[3][4] politician from Newby Park in Yorkshire.[5] He had a seat in the House of Commons between 1812 and 1836.

John Charles Ramsden in the House of Commons

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Malton, Preceded by ...

Early life

He was the eldest son of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet (1755–1839), the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound, and his wife Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepheard (c. 1766–1857), daughter of the 9th Viscount of Irvine.[6] His younger brother, Captain Henry James Ramsden (1799–1871), is the direct ancestor the 8th and 9th Ramsden Baronets.

Career

At the 1812 general election, Ramsden was elected as one of the two MPs for borough of Malton.[3][7] He was re-elected at the next four general elections,[8][9][10][11] and held the seat until 1831.[2] At the 1831 general election he was elected as one of the four MPs for the Yorkshire county constituency.[5][12] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire in May 1831,[13] and held his seat in Parliament until the constituency was divided by the Reform Act 1832,[1] and at the general election in December 1832 he unsuccessfully contested the new North Riding of Yorkshire constituency.[4]

He was returned to the Commons three months later, when he was elected without a contest[14] as MP for the Malton,[15] at a by-election after the sitting Liberal MP Viscount Milton resigned to contest a vacancy in the Northern division of Northamptonshire.[14] He was re-elected unopposed in 1835,[16] and held the seat until his death.[2][17]

Personal life

On 4 May 1814, he married Isabella Dundas (1790–1887), daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske and Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam.[18] Isabella's maternal grandfather was William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam,[19] and her uncle was William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, a leading Whig politician and one of the richest people in Britain. Together, they were the parents of:[17]

He died in 1836, aged only 48. As he predeceased his father, his son John succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather, the 4th baronet in 1839.[17]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
  2. [2]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
  3. [3]
    Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 414. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  4. [4]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 489. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. [5]
    "No. 18804". The London Gazette. 17 May 1831. p. 948.
  6. [6]
    Lundy, Darryl. "John Charles Ramsden". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.[unreliable source]
  7. [7]
    "No. 16662". The London Gazette. 27 October 1812. p. 2166.
  8. [8]
    "No. 17376". The London Gazette. 7 July 1818. p. 1217.
  9. [9]
    "No. 17627". The London Gazette. 26 August 1820. p. 1635.
  10. [10]
    "No. 18268". The London Gazette. 14 July 1826. p. 1752.
  11. [11]
    "No. 18721". The London Gazette. 27 August 1830. p. 1831.
  12. [12]
    Stooks Smith, page 393
  13. [13]
    "No. 18813". The London Gazette. 14 June 1831. p. 1168.
  14. [14]
    Craig, page 204
  15. [15]
    "No. 19030". The London Gazette. 15 March 1833. p. 523.
  16. [16]
    "No. 19234". The London Gazette. 30 January 1835. p. 170.
  17. [17]
    "RAMSDEN, John Charles (1788-1836), of Buckden and Newby Park, Yorks. and 6 Upper Brook Street, Mdx". www.histparl.ac.uk. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  18. [18]
    Lundy, Darryl. "Isabella Dundas". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.[unreliable source]
  19. [19]
    Lundy, Darryl. "ILady Charlotte FitzWilliam". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.[unreliable source]
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