Everything about Simon Ramsay 16th Earl Of Dalhousie totally explained
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie,
KT,
GCVO,
GBE,
MC,
DL (
17 October 1914 –
15 July 1999) was a
British land-owner, statesman and politician.
Ramsay was the second son of the
14th Earl of Dalhousie and the
Countess of Dalhousie (the former Lady Mary Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, sixth daughter of the
1st Earl of Ancaster). He was educated at
Eton College and
Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the
Black Watch during the
Second World War, gaining the rank of Major, and was awarded the
Military Cross.
Ramsay married
Margaret Stirling of Keir, daughter of
Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling of Keir, a
Member of Parliament, and a granddaughter maternally of the
13th Lord Lovat, in June
1940. They had three sons and two daughters.
In
1945, Ramsay was elected as the
Unionist Member of Parliament for
Forfarshire and served until
1950 when he succeeded as
Earl of Dalhousie and Chief of
Clan Ramsay on the death of his brother, the
15th Earl. He was appointed
Governor-General of
Rhodesia and
Nyasaland in 1957, and served until
1963 when the federation broke up, becoming independent
Zambia and
Malawi.
In
1953, Dalhousie was awarded an honorary degree by
Dalhousie University in
Nova Scotia, which had been founded in 1818 by the
9th Earl. He served as
Lord Chamberlain to
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from
1965,
Lord-Lieutenant of
Angus (
1967-
1989) and Chancellor of the
University of Dundee (
1977-
1992). He was a Lieutenant of the
Royal Company of Archers, the monarch's bodyguard in
Scotland and was created a Knight of the
Order of the Thistle by
Queen Elizabeth II in
1971.
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