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Anders Edvard Ramsay (23 March 1799 in Kuopio – 12 May 1877 in
Anders Edvard Ramsay (23 March 1799 in Kuopio – 12 May 1877 in Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
) was a Finnish civil servant serving in the Russian Imperial Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...
, and served as the General
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
of the Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion
Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion ( fi, Henkikaartin 3. Suomen Tarkk’ampujapataljoona, sv, Livgardets 3:e finska skarpskyttebataljon, russian: Лейб-гвардии 3-й стрелковый Финский батальон, Leib-gvardii 3-j str ...
from 1829 to 1838.
See also
*Ramsay (Russian nobility)
Ramsay () is the name of noble family of Scottish origin. The family members bear the title of Baron in the Finnish nobility.
Notable members
* Anders Edvard Ramsay , (1799 — 1877), was a Scottish-Russian general of infantry, adjutant gen ...
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Finnish generals 1799 births 1877 deaths People from Kuopio 19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire Imperial Russian Army generals Finnish people of Scottish descent Finnish people from the Russian Empire Barons of the Russian Empire {{Finland-mil-bio-stub