William Ramsay (abt. 1285 - 1360)

Born about 1285 in Dalhouisie, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (MacDuff) MacDuff Countess of Fife — married 1360 (to 1360) in Fife Scotland

Died 1360 at about age 75 in Dalhouisie, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

1355 Sir William Ramsay defeats the English at Nisbet Moor

SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY, the son of this lamented patriot (Alexander Ramsey), inherited not a few of his father’s virtues, and, in one of his raids across the Border, he defeated and took prisoner Sir Thomas Grey, of Chillingham, governor of Norham Castle, an ancestor of Earl Grey and the Earl of Tankerville.

1360 WILLIAM RAMSAY, (14th) Earl of Fife, died about this period and was interred in the Abbey of Dunfermline.^[1]

Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie, was captured by the English both at Battle of Neville’s Cross (1346) and when he fought for the French at Poitiers (1356).

He was created Earl of Fife in 1358 by King David II upon his Marriage to Isabella Countess of Fife.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Linda Skov.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Ramsay

• Scotweb, Clan Ramsey. https://www.scotweb.co.uk/info/ramsay/

• Wikipedia