Sir Alexander Ramsay, 3rd Baronet

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Sir Alexander Ramsay

|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt}}

|image = Ramsay (of Balmain) Achievement.png

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|caption =

|office = Member of Parliament
for Rochdale

|parliament =

|majority =

|term_start = 30 March 1857

|term_end = 29 April 1859

|predecessor = Edward Miall

|successor = Richard Cobden

|birth_date = 26 May 1813

|birth_place =

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1875|03|03|1813|05|26}}

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|restingplace =

|birthname =

|parents = Sir Alexander Ramsay, 2nd Baronet
Jane Russell

|nationality = British

|party = Conservative

|spouse = {{marriage|Ellen Matilda|29 December 1835}}

|children = Five, including Sir Alexander Entwisle Ramsay, 4th Baronet

}}

Sir Alexander Ramsay, 3rd Baronet (26 May 1813 - 3 March 1875){{Rayment-hc|r|1|date=June 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}} was a Conservative Party politician.

Family

Baptised at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire in 1813, Ramsay was the son of his namesake Sir Alexander Ramsay, 2nd Baronet and Jane née Russell. He married Ellen Matilda Entwisle, daughter of John Smith Entwisle, in 1835 and they had five children: Ellen Augusta, Alexander Entwisle (1837–1902); Hugh Francis (1838–1890); John (1843–1913); and Bertin (1850–1907).{{cite web |last1=Lundy |first1=Darryl |title=Sir Alexander Ramsay of Balmain, 3rd Bt. |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p52413.htm#i524125 |website=The Peerage |accessdate=1 July 2018 |date=17 June 2018}}

Parliamentary career

After contesting the seat unsuccessfully in both 1837 and 1852, Ramsay was elected Conservative MP for Rochdale at the 1857 general election, gaining the seat from the Radical Edward Miall. However, he did not attempt to retain the seat at the next election in 1859.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

Baronetage

Ramsay became the 3rd Baronet of Balmain upon his father's death in 1852. Upon his own death in 1875, the title was passed to his son Alexander Entwisle.{{Rayment-bt|R|1|date=December 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}

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|motto = Aspiro {{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}}}