Ramsay (Russian nobility)

Ramsay
The arms of Counts Ramsey [1]
Parent house	Clan Ramsay
Country	Sweden, Finland, Russian Empire
Motto	Ora et labora

The Ramsay family (Russian: Рамзай) is a Finnish and Russian noble family of Scottish origin. The family members bear the title of Baron in the Finnish nobility.[2]

Notable members

• Karl August Ramsay (1791–1855), Finnish politician[3]
• Anders Edvard Ramsay (Russian: Эдуард Андреевич Рамзай, 1799–1877), Scottish-Russian-Finnish general of infantry, adjutant general of Russian Empire Army, who served on the Baltic theater of the Crimean War.[4]
  • Georg Eduardovich Ramsay [fi] (Russian: Георгий Эдуардович Рамзай, 1834–1918), Finnish general of infantry, adjutant general of Russian Empire Army, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Imperial Finland Guard Regiment during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Since 1877 commander of Lifeguard Semyonovsky Regiment[5]
• August Ramsay (1859–1943), Finnish mathematician, was married to Finnish historian and genealogist Jully Ramsay (1865–1919)[6]
  • Henrik Ramsay (1886–1951), Finnish politician and an economist[7]
• Wilhelm Ramsay (1865–1928), Finnish geologist[8]

References

1. Svensk Adelsvapen
2. "Friherrliga ätten nr 40 Ramsay" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. Autio, Veli-Matti [in Finnish] (9 October 2006). "suku Ramsay". BiographySampo [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
4. СПб., Императорское Русское Историческое Общество, 1910
5. Ramsay, Anders Edvard at Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
6. Landgrén, Lars-Folke [in Finnish] (18 July 2000). "August Ramsay". BiographySampo [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. Meinander, Henrik (18 July 2000). "Henrik Ramsay". BiographySampo [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. Lehtinen, Martti (4 May 2001). "Wilhelm Ramsay". BiographySampo [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.