George Ramsay, ninth earl of Dalhousie

(1770-1838)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dalhousie, George Ramsay, Earl of, 1770-1838 NRA: Ramsay George (1770-1838) 9th Earl of Dalhousie General DNB: Ramsay, George, ninth earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838), army officer and governor-in-chief of British North America LBT ID: LdDalho9 VIAF ID: 6036691 LOC ID: n82029277	B/BAP: 1770-10-22 DIED: 1838-03-21
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Son of the eighth earl (d. 1787); he was educated at Edinburgh University and was Governor of Nova Scotia (1816-20), Governor General of British North America (1820-28) and Commander-in-Chief in India (1830-1832).
REFERENCES TO George Ramsay, ninth earl of Dalhousie: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 7 January 1814 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1783-86 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter III 1814 Chapter XIII 1824-25 Found 1: ¶ 70 Chapter III 1828 Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 41