Ramsay

Ramsay

Ramsay may refer to:

Places

*Ramsay, Louisiana, United States of America
*Ramsay, Michigan, United States of America
*Ramsay, Montana, United States of America
*Electoral district of Ramsay, a state electoral district in South Australia.
*Ramsay, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*Ramsay (crater), the Moon
*Port Ramsay, Isle of Lismore, Scotland

People

*Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie (d 1342) — Scottish soldier and patriot
*Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919-2000) — British soldier
*Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay (1881-1972) — British admiral
*Alison Ramsay (1959-) — Scottish hockey international
*Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) — Scottish poet
*Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) — Scottish painter
*Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall (1619-1688) — Privy Counsellor, first Lord Provost of Edinburgh
*Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686-1743) — the 'Chevalier Ramsay', Jacobite
*Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay (1894-1955) — British Army officer and politician
*Arthur Michael Ramsey (1904-1988) — British Archbishop of Canterbury
*Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945) — British admiral
*David Ramsay (congressman) (1749-1815) — American physician, congressman, and historian
*David Ramsay (Upper Canada) (c.1740-c.1810) — controversial sailor, courier, translator and fur and alcohol trader in early Canadian history
*Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842-1916) — Australian zoologist
*Edward Bannerman Ramsay (1793 - 1872) — Scottish episcopalian clergyman and dean
*Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801-1874) — British political leader
*Francis Dennis Ramsay (1925-) — Scottish painter
*Francis Munroe Ramsay (1835-1914) — US Navy Officer and Chief of Bureau of Navigation
*Frank P. Ramsey (1903-1930) — British mathematician, philosopher, and economist
*George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838) — Canadian political leader
*George Ramsay (1855-1935) — secretary/manager, Aston Villa Football Club (George Burrell Ramsay)
*Gordon Ramsay (1966-) — chef and ex footballer
*Heath Ramsay (1981-) — Australian butterfly swimmer
*Henry Ramsay (NY engineer), NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1853
*Ian Ramsay (1958-) — Australian Law Professor and Director of the Center for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation, University of Melbourne.
*James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-1860) — British colonial leader
*James Ramsay (Australian governor) (1916-1986) — Governor of Queensland (Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay)
*James Ramsay (abolitionist) (1733–1789) — Anglican minister and abolitionist
*James Ramsay (bishop) (c.1624-1696) — Bishop of Dunblane, Bishop of Ross
*James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) — prime minister of Britain
*John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c.1580-1626) — Scottish courtier
*John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847-1887) — Scottish politician
*Meta Ramsay (1936-) — Labour Life Peer
*Peter de Ramsay (d 1256) — Bishop of Aberdeen
*Richie Ramsay (1983-) — Scottish golf international
*Scott Ramsay (English footballer) (1980-) — English footballer
*Silas Alexander Ramsay (1850-1942) — mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916) — Nobel laureate chemist
*William Ramsay (manufacturer) (1868-1914) — the manufacturer of Kiwi boot polish
*Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939) — Scottish archaeologist and Bible scholar
*Ramsay Wood (1943-) — writer and photographer

Miscellaneous

*Ramsay was also the codename of Soviet spy Richard Sorge.
* The USS Ramsay was a former American Navy ship.
* The Ramsay Principle is a rule in UK tax law.
* Clan Ramsay, Scottish clan led by the Earl of Dalhousie


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  • Ramsay — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Allan Ramsay (Autor) (1686–1758), schottischer Dichter Allan Ramsay (Maler) (1713–1784), schottischer Maler Andrew Ramsay (1814–1891), schottischer Geologe Archibald Maule Ramsay (1894–1955), britischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • RAMSAY (A.) — RAMSAY ALLAN (1713 1784) Peintre écossais dont la carrière se déroule pour l’essentiel en Angleterre. Fils du poète Allan Ramsay (1685 1758), il est avec Thomas Hudson, et mis à part Hogarth, le principal représentant de la génération de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ramsay —   [ ræmzɪ],    1) Allan, schottischer Schriftsteller, * Leadhills (County Lanarkshire) 15. 10. 1686, ✝ Edinburgh 7. 1. 1758, Vater von 2); Buchhändler in Edinburgh, gründete 1712 den literarischen Zirkel »Easy Club«, 1726 die erste britische… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Ramsay — m Scottish: transferred use of the Scottish surname, which was originally a local name imported to Scotland from Ramsey in Huntingdonshire (so called from Old English hramsa wild garlic + ēg island). In the 12th century David, brother of King… …   First names dictionary

  • Ramsay — Ramsay, Allan Ramsay, sir William …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ramsay [1] — Ramsay (spr. Râmmsl), 1) Marktflecken u. 2) Bai auf der Nordostküste der englischen Insel Man, guter Ankergrund, Fort, Hafen, Leuchtthurm, Häringsfischerei; 3) Insel an der Küste von Südwales im Irischen Meer …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ramsay [2] — Ramsay (spr. Rämmsi), 1) Michael Andreas, geb. 1681 in Dair in Schottland, studirte Mathematik u. Theologie; seine religiösen Zweifel hob Fenolon u. bewog ihn sogar 1709 katholisch zu werden. Er blieb bei Fenelon bis dieser 1714 starb, lebte… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ramsay — (spr. rämmsi), 1) Allan, schott. Volksdichter, geb. 15. Okt. 1686 zu Leadhills in der Grafschaft Lanark, gest. 7. Jan. 1758, war erst Perückenmacher in Edinburg, dann Buchhändler und als solcher Begründer der Leihbibliotheken in Schottland. Um… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ramsay — (spr. rämmsĕ), Lord, s. Dalhousie …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ramsay [2] — Ramsay (spr. rämmsĕ), Sir Andrew Crombie, engl. Geolog, geb. 1814, 1872 81 Generaldirektor der gesamten Aufnahme Großbritanniens, gest. 11. Dez. 1891 in Glasgow; bes. bekannt durch Gletscherforschungen. – Vgl. A. Geikie (engl., 1896) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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