Ramsay (nobility)

The Ramsay family is a Swedish and Finnish noble family of Scottish origin. The family members bear the title of Baron in the Finnish nobility.

Notable members

• Hans (Joan) Ramsay (1550-1649), progenitor of Swedish and Finnish branches
• Anders Erik Ramsay (1638-1735), Swedish Major General
• Anders Henrik Ramsay (1707–1782), Finnish Lieutenant General, Governor of Savo and Kyminkartano County
• Otto Wilhelm Ramsay (1743–1806), Finnish Governor of Kyminkartano
• Karl August Ramsay (1791–1855), Finnish Senator, Governor of Vyborg County
• Anders Edvard Ramsay (1799–1877), Finnish General of Infantry, Adjutant General of Russian Empire Army
• Alexander Wolter Ramsay (1825–1891), Finnish Industrialist
• Georg Edvard Ramsay (1834–1918), Finnish General of Infantry, Adjutant General of Russian Empire Army
• Arthur Richard Ramsay (1838-1915), Finnish Major General
• Allan Georg Ramsay (1839-1906), Finnish Lieutenant General
• Gustaf Adolf Ramsay (1842-1918), Finnish Major General
• August Ramsay (1859–1943), Finnish Mathematician, was married to Finnish historian and genealogist Jully Ramsay (1865–1919)
• Wilhelm Ramsay (1865–1928), Finnish Geologist, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• William Ramsay (1867-1928), Finnish Politician, Owner of Nissback Estate
• Sir Henrik Ramsay CBE (1886–1951), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Economist

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