Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet

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Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepherd
(m. 1787)
Sir John Ramsden, Bt
Member of Parliament for Grampound
In office
1780–1784
Servingwith Thomas Lucas
Children9
Parent(s) Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet
Margaret Norton Bright
Alma mater University College, Oxford

Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet (1755 – 15 July 1839) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. [1]

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Early life

He was born in 1755 and was the only son of Margaret (née Norton) Bright and Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet of Byram, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, whom he succeeded in 1769, inheriting the Manor of Huddersfield and the associated Ramsden Estate. His mother, the daughter of William Norton, Esq. of Sawley, was the widow of Thomas Liddell Bright. [2]

He was educated at University College, Oxford, 1774. [2]

Career

Huddersfield Broad Canal Ex-Midland Railway viaduct over the Huddersfield Broad Canal - geograph.org.uk - 789339.jpg
Huddersfield Broad Canal

An Act of Parliament (14 Geo. 3. c. 13) obtained on 9 March 1774, enabled "Sir John Ramsden, Baronet, to make and maintain a navigable Canal from the River Calder, between a Bridge called Cooper's Bridge, and the Mouth of the River Colne to the King's Mill, near the town of Huddersfleld, in the West Riding of the county of York". Completed in 1776 and originally named Sir John Ramsden's Canal, it is now known as the Huddersfield Broad Canal. [3]

He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound under the patronage of Lord Rockingham in 1780, retiring from politics in 1784. He was made High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1797–98.

Personal life

On 7 July 1787, He married the Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepherd, daughter and coheiress of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine. Louisa's eldest sister, Isabella, married the 2nd Marquess of Hertford (and also became the mistress of the Prince of Wales, later George IV). Together, they were the parents of four sons and five daughters, including: [2]

He died at his home, Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, in 1839. [2] As his eldest son predeceased him, the baronetcy thus passed to John Charles' son Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Baronet, who married Lady Helen Guendolen Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. Through his daughter Frances, he was a grandfather of Gamel Pennington, 4th Baron Muncaster and Josslyn Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Grampound
1780–1784
With: Thomas Lucas
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Byram)
1769–1839
Succeeded by