Andrew Ramsay 1st Bt. (1619 - 1688)

Born 1619 in Edinburgh, Midlothian Scotland

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Died 17 Jan 1688 at about age 69 in Abbotshall, Fife Scotland

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Biography

His parent's third son. Sir Andrew Ramsay was a Senator of the College of Justice, as Lord Abbotshall, and a Member of the Privy Council. He was also Lord Provost of Edinburgh for 15 years.

He had six children.

Sources

• The Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall 1665-1676 edited by Donald Crawford, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900, p.309.
• The Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, London, 1841, p.635.
• Index to Genealogies, Birthbriefs, and Funeral Escutcheons recorded in the Lyon office, by Francis J. Grant, W.S., Lyon Clerk, Edinburgh, 1908, p.45.
• An Album of Scottish Families 1694 - 1696 by Helen & Keith Kelsall, Aberdeen University Press, 1990, p.21.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p37004.htm#i370037