Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet

He was born in Bamff House in Perthshire, north-east of Blairgowrie on 26 September 1797, the son of Sir William Ramsay 7th Baronet of Bamff and his wife, Agnata Frances Biscoe.

[1] He became baronet at the age of ten on the death of his father in 1807.

In 1828 he married Jane Oliphant daughter of John Hope Oliphant [1] and maternal grand-daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean.

[2] As they were childless the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, George Ramsay of Banff (1800-1871).

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