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RAMUS, GEORGE EDWARD AUGUST, son of Nicholas Ramus, and Benedicte Couvert, St. Martin’s in the Fields; b. 16 Dec 1747 (IGI); at school under Markham, where he was a friend and contemporary of William Hickey (qv) (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1792); played in OWW v. Old Etonians cricket match at Molesey Hurst 1768 (Hickey, i, 100); Supernumary Clerk, Treasury Apr 1763 – Jul 1766, Under Clerk Jul 1766 – Nov 1782, Senior Clerk Nov 1782 – Jul 1785, Chief Clerk from Nov 1785; m. Elizabeth --- (IGI) [check]; d. 13 May 1808.

RAMSEY, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1618 (Chapter Muniments 33673).

RAMSEY, JOHN, son of Robert Ramsey, London, tailor; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston two years (J. E. B. Mayor & R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , i, 7); BB 1629; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1631, aged 16, Bishop Williams Scholar 9 Nov 1631, matr. 1631.

RAMSEY, HENRY, brother of John Ramsey (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1635, matr. 26 Jun 1635, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1642; BA 1639.

RAMSEY, DAVID; b.; Min. Can. 1642.

RAMSAY, JOHN, only son of Allan Ramsay, Harley Street, London, portrait painter, Principal Painter to George III, and his second wife Margaret, elder dau. of Sir Alexander Lindsay, Bart.; b.; adm. 16 Sep 1778; in school list 1781; in Italy with father 1782-4; Ensign, 1 Nov 1782; Lieut., 101st Foot 14 Jun 1783; Capt., 100th Foot 22 Jun 1785; 75th Foot 6 Nov 1788; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 18 Nov 1790; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1794; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1800; Col. -Commandant, Chasseurs Britanniques 10 Feb 1803; Brig. at Malta 15 Oct 1803; Major-Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served in Flanders under Duke of York 1793; d. at Geneva 10 Aug 1845.

RAMSAY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1738/9; left 1743.

RAMSAY, JAMES, son of Edward Ramsay, South Shoebury, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1698; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1699, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3; MA 1707; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1703, priest 19 May 1706 (both London); Rector of Sutton, Surrey, from 10 Mar 1717/8; m. 25 Feb 1722/3 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Stephens, Rector of Sutton, Surrey; buried Sutton, Surrey 23 Dec 1745. [Evidently kin to Rev. James Ramsay, Rector of South Shoebury and of Great Wakering, Essex, in 1703, graduate of St. Andrews Univ. and Cambridge].