William Ramsay Maule, 1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar (27 October 1771 – 13 April 1852) was a Scottish landowner and politician.

Life

He was born William Ramsay, the younger son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie and Elizabeth Glen. His father was the son of Jean Maule, granddaughter of George Maule, 2nd

Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in ...

. He attended the High School in Edinburgh from 1780 to 1784. On the death of George Maule in 1782 he adopted the surname Maule. In 1782 he succeeded to the Maule estates on the death of his great-uncle William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure, and assumed by Royal licence the same year the additional surname and arms of Maule. He represented Forfarshire in Parliament in 1796 and again between 1805 and 1831, when Maule was raised to the peerage at the coronation of

William IV of the United Kingdom William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...

, as Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, echoing his great-uncle's title. William Darling Thomas Musgrave Joy

Panmure was a patron of the artists commissioning several paintings from

Thomas Musgrave Joy Thomas Musgrave Joy (9 July 1812 – 7 April 1866) was a British portraitist. Life Joy was born on 9 July 1812 in Boughton Hall (Kent), Boughton Hall in Boughton Monchelsea where his father was the squire. His parents, Thomas and Susanah, were ...

and paying for him to take on a student. He is buried in the churchyard of

Brechin Cathedral Brechin Cathedral dates from the 13th century. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not technically a cathedral, in spite of its name. It is in the Pointed style, but suffered maltreatment in 1806 at ...

. The large obelisk marking his grave lies north west of the church.

Family

Lord Panmure married Patricia Heron Gordon on 1 December 1794. They had nine children, including: * Fox Maule Ramsay (1801–1874), later 2nd Baron Panmure and 11th Earl of Dalhousie. * Hon. Lauderdale Maule (1807–1854). Nevertheless, he was estranged from his wife, and quarrelled with his eldest son for siding with her. Patricia died in 1821, and on 4 June 1822, Maule married Elizabeth Barton. Through this connection he inherited the estates of

Barnton, Edinburgh Barnton ( gd, Baile an t-Sabhail) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as "Cramond Muir" in reference t ...

and rebuilt the main house Barton House to a design by David Hamilton.Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford, McWilliam and Walker

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* 1771 births 1852 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Maule, William Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1790–1796 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs who were granted peerages

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