William Ramsay Maule, 1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar (27 October 1771 – 13 April 1852 [1] ) was a Scottish landowner and politician.
William Ramsay Maule, 1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar (27 October 1771 – 13 April 1852 [1] ) was a Scottish landowner and politician.
He was born William Ramsay, the younger son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie and his wife Elizabeth Glen. His father was the son of Jean Maule, granddaughter of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure. [2] William attended the High School in Edinburgh from 1780 to 1784 as a contemporary as Walter Scott. On the death of William Maule in 1782, under the terms of Maule's will, he adopted the surname Maule. [3]
In 1782, he succeeded to the Maule estates on the death of his great-uncle William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure, and assumed by Royal licence the same year the additional surname and arms of Maule. He represented Forfarshire in Parliament in 1796 and again between 1805 and 1831, when Maule was raised to the peerage at the coronation of William IV of the United Kingdom, as Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, echoing his great-uncle's title.
William lived for many years in the family home of Brechin Castle and appears to have remodelled it in the fashionable Georgian style soon after his inheritance. [4]
Panmure was a patron of the artists commissioning several paintings from Thomas Musgrave Joy and paying for him to take on a student. [5]
In 1817, following an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a grant from the Government for Jean Armour, the widow of the poet Robert Burns, Lord Panmure for a number of years settled an annuity of £50 on her. [6]
He is buried in the churchyard of Brechin Cathedral. The large obelisk marking his grave lies north west of the church.
Lord Panmure married Patricia Heron Gordon on 1 December 1794. They had nine children, including:
Nevertheless, he was estranged from his wife, and quarrelled with his eldest son for siding with her. Patricia died in 1821, and on 4 June 1822, Maule married Elizabeth Barton. Through this connection he inherited the estates of Barnton, Edinburgh and rebuilt the main house Barton House to a design by David Hamilton. [7]
Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.
Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Both titles were forfeit by the attainder of the 4th Earl in 1716 on account of his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1715. The heirs apparent to the Earldom were styled Lord Maule. The seat of the Earldom was Panmure House, built in the 17th century near Monikie, Angus.
Brechin Castle is a castle in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. The castle was constructed in stone during the 13th century. Most of the current building dates to the early 18th century, when extensive reconstruction was carried out by architect Alexander Edward for James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure, between approximately 1696 and 1709. The castle is a 37,748 square feet (3,506.9 m2) Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie,, known as Fox Maule before 1852 and as The Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860, was a British politician.
Clan Ramsay is a Lowland Scottish clan.
John William Maule Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie,, styled Lord Ramsay between 1874 and 1880, was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland in William Ewart Gladstone's short-lived 1886 administration.
Admiral George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie, known as George Ramsay until 1874, was a British naval officer.
Forfarshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1950.
George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie was a Scottish peer. He served as a Lord of Police (1775–82) and the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and was a Scottish representative peer (1774–1787).
William Ramsay (1852–1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases.
Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony was created on 10 September 1831 for the Hon. William Maule, longtime Member of Parliament for Forfar. On the death of William Ramsay in 1852 the title passed to his eldest son Fox Maule-Ramsay, and became extinct in 1874 on his death.
General William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure (1700–1782) was a Scottish soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 47 years from 1735 to 1782.
Salmond's Muir is a hamlet in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Carnoustie and 4 miles (6 km) west of Arbroath on the A92 road. The junction of the A92 at Salmond's Muir forms the main route to the villages of Panbride, East Haven, Balmirmer and Scryne.
William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1215, William de Valongnes was made High Chamberlain to Alexander II. He died in 1219 and was interred at Melrose Abbey.
Sir Henry Maule was the son and heir of Sir William Maule, Baron of Panmure and Benvie and Ethana de Vallibus, daughter of John Vaux, Lord of Dirleton. Henry succeeded as Baron on his father's death and was married to Margaret Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay of Locherworth.
Sir William Maule was the eldest son of Sir Peter Maule and Christina de Valognes, Baron and Baroness of Panmure and Benvie. William succeeded as Baron in 1254 on his father's death. He was married to Ethana de Vallibus, daughter of John Vaux, Lord of Dirleton, and left one son, Henry Maule, who succeeded him as Baron.
Thomas Maule, 3rd Baron of Panmure and Benvie, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Maule, Baron of Panmure and Benvie, who was killed at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 and Elizabeth Gray of Fowlis. Thomas succeeded as Baron on his father's death while still a child, and his affairs were administered by his grandfather, Sir Andrew Gray of Fowlis, until he came of age.
Arthur George Maule Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie JP, styled Lord Ramsay between 1880 and 1887, was a Scottish peer and soldier.
Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure (1585-1661) was a Scottish courtier and aristocrat.
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