Robert Ramsay (principal)

Robert Ramsay (1594–1651) was a minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Principal of Glasgow University.

He was born at Dalhousie Castle south of Edinburgh the son of George Ramsay (1571-1629) and his wife Margaret Colville.

[1][better source needed] He was educated at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1618.

He began work as a schoolteacher in Irvine, but then from 1625 served as a Church of Scotland minister at Dundonald, South Ayrshire.

[2] In 1648 he was elected Rector of Glasgow University and was appointed Principal on 28 August 1651 in place of John Strang (who had resigned).