Sir John Ramsden (1594 – March 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1640.
He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed in action at the Siege of Newark.
[2][3] In April 1640, Ramsden was elected MP for Pontefract in the Short Parliament.
In 1644 he was captured at Selby by the Parliamentary Army and committed as a traitor to the Tower of London.
In 1645, Ramsden was Colonel of the Third Division defending Pontefract Castle and he took part in the negotiations for its surrender.