892 John Ramsay

Constituency : Liverpool 1880

John   took  over  from  William  Rathbone  as  the  Liberal  representative  in  Liverpool.

John  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Earl  of  Dalhousie  who  was  also  an  admiral. He  became  Lord  Ramsay  in  1874. He  was  educated  at  Oxford. He  served  in  the  navy  from  1861  to  1879  rising  to  the  rank  of  Commander. He  was  an  equerry  to  Prince  Alfred  between  1874  and  1876. He  was  a  Provincial  Grand  Master  in  the  Freemasons.

John  only  sat  for  a  few  months  before  succeeding  his  father. The  Tories  won  the  by-election. He  was  a  whip  in  the  Lords  from  1880  to  1885. He  was  briefly  Secretary   for  Scotland  in  1886  when  George  Trevelyan  resigned  over  Home  Rule.

John  didn't  speak  in  either  House.

In  1887  John  and  his  wife  were  in  Le  Havre  returning  from  the  States  when  his  wife  was  taken  ill. She  died  of  peritonitis  and  the  same  night  John  died,  apparently  of  an  apoplectic  fit  aged  40 .