The son of Sir John Ramsden, baronet; educated at Harrow, he was a Whig MP for Malton (1812-31, 1833-36), and Yorkshire (1831-32).

REFERENCES TO John Charles Ramsden:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 12 February 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)