Alexander (Home) Ramey-Home (1769 - 1841)

Born 11 Nov 1769 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Montague (Scott) Ramey-Home — married 9 Nov 1798 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Biography

Alexander (Home) Ramey-Home is a member of Clan Home.

Alexander Home was a member of the aristocracy in Scotland.

Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home (11 November 1769 – 21 October 1841), styled Lord Dunglass from 1781 to 1786, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as a representative peer for Scotland between 1807 and 1841. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Berwickshire militia. He held office as the first Lord-Lieutenant of Berwickshire between 1794 and 1841.

Lord Home was the son of Rev. Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home and his third wife, Abigail Brown Ramey. He succeeded to his father's titles and estates on 8 October 1786. He was given the name of Alexander Home at birth, but on 1 March 1814 his name was legally changed to Alexander Ramey-Home by Royal License.

Alexander, 10th Earl of HOME was chosen one of the sixteen representative peers. Died 1841. Alexander married Elizabeth SCOTT-MONTAGU daughter of Henry SCOTT and Lady Elizabeth MONTAGU on the 9th November 1798 in Dalkeith House, Scotland.

Sources

• http://thepeerage.com/p1082.htm#i10811

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Home,_10th_Earl_of_Home

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWG-983 : 8 December 2014), Alexander Earl Of Home Ramey-Home and Elizabeth Montagu Scott, 09 Nov 1798; citing Dalkeith,Midlothian,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,066,681.

• Old Parish Registers Birth 733/ 10 216, Coldstream, pages 217 of 245, Access Birth record of $