Lieutenant General Hon John Ramsay (21 April 1775 - 28 June 1842) was a British army officer and briefly a Member of Parliament.
He became an Ensign by purchase in the 9th Regiment of Foot 1793,[1] transferring to be a Lieutenant in Captain Marlay’s Independent Company of Foot later that year,[2] and transferring to the 57th Regiment of Foot also in 1793.
[4] He was wounded in 1799 at the Battle of Krabbendam[5] He was promoted to Major in the Regiment (now renumbered the 92nd) in 1803.
[8] He was Colonel of the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) from 1841 until his death.
[11] He served as Member of Parliament for Aberdeen Burghs from 1806[12] until 1807.