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). | |