RAMSAY, Sir Alexander, 5th Bt. (c.1679-1754), of Balmain, Kincardine.

b. c. 1679, 2nd s. of Sir Charles Ramsay, 3rd Bt., of Balmain by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Glenfarquhar, Kincardine; bro. of Sir David Ramsay, 4th Bt.*; educ. Aberdeen g.s.; Aberdeen Univ. (Marischal Coll.) 1693–7, MA 1697; Leyden 1700, aged 20; adv. 1705. unm. suc. bro. as 5th Bt. c.7 Sept. 1710. Recs. Marischal Coll. (New Spalding Club), ii. 269–70, 273; Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae ed. Du Rieu, 758; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxvi. 176.