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From the Book of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513 to 1885.
William, Earl of Dalhousie - 7th November 1633
WHICH DAY WILLIAM, EARL OF DALHOUSIE, LORD RAMSAY OF KERRINGTON, IS MADE A BURGESS AND BROTHER OF THE GUILD OF DUNDEE, FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMONWEAL.
WILLIAM RAMSAY was the Son of SIR GEORGE RAMSAY of Dalhousie, and of MARGARET, daughter of SIR GEORGE DOUGLAS of Helen Hill, the deliverer of QUEEN MARY. He succeeded to the estate and title of LORD RAMSAY of Dalhousie on the death of his father, in 1629. Before that time he had represented the Burgh of Montrose in the Convention of 1617 and the Parliament of 1621. He espoused the cause of the Royalists, and was fined £1,500 by CROMWELL'S Act of Grace and Pardon, 12th April, 1654. On 29th June, 1633, he was created EARL OF DALHOUSIE and LORD RAMSAY of Kerrington, and thirteen years afterwards was appointed High Sheriff of the County of Edinburgh. He was twice married, his first wife being MARGARET, eldest daughter of DAVID, first EARL OF SOUTHESK, whose eldest son, GEORGE, succeeded as second EARL on the death of his father, 11th February, 1674. His uncle, SIR JOHN RAMSAY was made a Burgess of Dundee on 12th October 1600 (vide page 85), and his descendant, the present EARL OF DALHOUSIE, had the same honour conferred upon him on 7th August, 1883.