Baron de Ramsey, of Ramsey Abbey in the County of Huntingdon, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1887 for Edward Fellowes, who had previously represented

Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popul ...

in the

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as a

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for 43 years. His eldest son, the second Baron, sat as

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for Huntingdonshire and

Ramsey Ramsey may refer to: Geography British Isles * Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, a small market town in England * Ramsey, Essex, a village near Harwich, England ** Ramsey and Parkeston, a civil parish formerly called just "Ramsey" * Ramsey, Isle of Man, t ...

and later served as a

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(government whip in the

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) from 1890 to 1892 in the Conservative administration of

Lord Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen y ...

. His grandson, the third Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire from 1947 to 1965 and of

Huntingdon and Peterborough Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Formation The Local Government Act 1888 created fo ...

between 1965 and 1968. the title is held by the latter's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1993. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn, was the younger son of the first Baron de Ramsey. The

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, is now Abbots Ripton Hall, near

Abbots Ripton Abbots Ripton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Abbots Ripton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being an historic county of England. Abbots Ripton lies ap ...

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. Previously the family seat was

Ramsey Abbey Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved in 1539. The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Most of the abbey's ...

, near

, Cambridgeshire.

Barons de Ramsey (1887)

Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey Deputy Lieutenant, DL (14 May 1809 – 9 August 1887) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. De Ramsey was the son of William Henry Fel ...

(1809–1887) *

William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey (16 May 1848 – 8 May 1925), was a British Conservative politician. De Ramsey was the eldest son of Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey, and Hon. Mary Julia Milles. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailw ...

(1848–1925) * Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey (1910–1993) *

John Ailwyn Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey John Ailwyn Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey (born 27 February 1942) is a British landowner, agriculturalist, and the first chairman of the Environment Agency. Career Lord de Ramsey farms the family's 6,000 acre estate around the village of Abbot ...

(b. 1942) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Frederick John Fellowes (b. 1978).

References

*Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:de Ramsey Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1887 Noble titles created for UK MPs

Barons de Ramsey (1887)

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