There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Ramsden, one in the

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and one in the

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. One creation is extant as of 2008 The Ramsden, later Pennington, later Pennington-Ramsden Baronetcy, of Byram in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 November 1689 for John Ramsden in honour of the services he had given during the

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. The manor of

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had been in the Ramsden family since 1599, and the baronets retained this manor until 1920, when it was sold to the Corporation of the County Borough of Huddersfield, along with the substantial Ramsden Estate. The third Baronet sat as

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for Appleby. The fourth Baronet represented

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in the

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. The fifth Baronet sat as

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Member of Parliament for

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, the

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and

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and served as

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from 1857 to 1858. The sixth Baronet was

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in 1920. The seventh Baronet assumed in 1925 by

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the surname of Pennington in lieu of his patronymic according to the will of the late Lord Muncaster (see

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). However, in 1958 he resumed the use of the surname of Ramsden after that of Pennington. The subsequent Baronets have used the surname of Ramsden only. The seventh Baronet notably served as

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in 1962. The Ramsden Baronetcy, of Birkensaw in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1938. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Ramsden.

Ramsden, later Pennington, later Pennington-Ramsden baronets, of Byram (1689)

* Sir John Ramsden, 1st Baronet (1648–1690) * Sir William Ramsden, 2nd Baronet (1672–1736) *

Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet (1699–1769) of Byram and Longley Hall, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and Independent Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1754. Early life Ramsden was baptised on 21 March 1699, the el ...

(1699–1769) *

Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet (1755 – 15 July 1839) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. Early life He was born in 1755 and was the only son of Margaret ( née Norton) Bright and Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet of Byram, near Ponte ...

(1755–1839) **

John Charles Ramsden John Charles Ramsden (30 April 1788 – 29 December 1836) was a British Whig politician from Newby Park in Yorkshire. He sat in the House of Commons between 1812 and 1836. Early life He was the eldest son of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet (17 ...

(1788–1836) * Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Baronet (1831–1914) * Sir John Frecheville Ramsden, 6th Baronet (1877–1958) * Sir (Geoffrey) William Pennington-Ramsden, 7th Baronet (1904–1986) * Sir Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden, 8th Baronet (1915–1987) *Sir John Charles Josslyn Ramsden, 9th Baronet (born 1950)

Ramsden baronets, of Birkensaw (1938)

*see the Baron Ramsden

References

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed , date=February 2013

Ramsden Ramsden may refer to: ;Places: *Ramsden, Orpington, England *Ramsden, Oxfordshire, England, a village and civil parish * Ramsden, Worcestershire, England, a hamlet *Ramsden Park, Toronto, Canada *Ramsden (crater), on the Moon * 8001 Ramsden, an as ...

Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1689 establishments in England