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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.