John Frecheville Ramsden Explained

Sir John Frecheville Ramsden, 6th Baronet (7 January 1877 – 6 October 1958), was a British aristocrat and landowner of estates in England,^[1] Scotland^[2] and Africa.^[3]

Life

Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Ramsden was commissioned into the British Army, serving in World War I with the Norfolk Yeomanry, promoted Captain. He was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1920/21.^[4]

Family

In 1901 he married Joan Buxton (who died 1974), eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Fowell Buxton .
Sir John and Lady Ramsden had issue:^[5]

• John St. Maur Ramsden, born 26 April 1902, married 20 February 1935 Lady Catherine Mary Clementina Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (1906–1996), and was killed in Malaysia on 7 June 1948, leaving a daughter:
  • Carola Eloise Ramsden, born 26 October 1938, married firstly 5 April 1961 George Fillmore Miller III (1934–2016), having a son (senior co-heir to the barony of Willoughby de Eresby),^[6]
    • Major Sebastian St Maur Miller^[7] born 1965, married to Emma Harries^[8] with a son and a daughter.^[9]
  • She married secondly 4 July 1974 Robert Ernest James Philippi (1932–2021), son of Colonel George Philippi, and died 2 August 2009, leaving another son,
    • James Jeremy George Philippi born 1975, married to Arabella MacNicol^[10] with two sons and a daughter.
• Sir (Geoffrey) William Pennington-Ramsden, 7th Baronet (1904–1986).^[11]
• Mary Joyce Ramsden, born 1907, married 1929 Major-General Sir Randle Guy Feilden, and died 2000, leaving three sons.^[12]

See also

• Ramsden baronets
• Ramsden Estate
• Happy Valley

Notes and References

1. Web site: www.thegazette.co.uk.
2. Web site: New volume tells the story of a great Badenoch house. January 26, 2023. Strathspey Herald.
3. Web site: Europeans In East Africa - View entry. www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk.
4. Web site: Home.
5. Web site: Burke’s Peerage. burkespeerage.com.
6. Web site: The Marquess of Cholmondeley replaced by Lord Carrington as Lord Great Chamberlain. Dora. Davies-Evitt. September 13, 2022. Tatler.
7. Web site: www.thegazette.co.uk.
8. Web site: Grimsthorpe Castle, Park and Gardens |.
9. Web site: College of Arms - College of Arms. www.college-of-arms.gov.uk.
10. Web site: Stody Lodge Gardens History. Stody Estate.
11. Web site: The Pennington Family at Muncaster Castle. Muncaster Castle.
12. Web site: Debrett’s Guide to the Peerage & Baronetage and Royal Family. June 5, 2021. debretts.com.