James Ramsay (bishop)
James Ramsay | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ross | |
| Church | Church of Scotland |
| See | Diocese of Ross |
| In office | 1684–1689 |
| Predecessor | Alexander Young |
| Successor | Episcopacy abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1624 |
| Died | 22 October 1696 Edinburgh |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Dunblane (1673–1684) |
James Ramsay (c.1624–1696),
Biography
Early career
Born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, in 1624, James was the son of Rev Robert Ramsay a schoolteacher there, by his second wife, Janet Campbell. In 1625 the family moved to Dundonald, South Ayrshire when his father became minister of that parish. In 1640 they moved to Glasgow when his father became minister of Blackfriars Church there.[2]
He entered at the
In 1664 he was appointed
Bishop of Dunblane
Ramsay was on friendly terms with
The king, on 16 July 1674, in reply to the address of Ramsay and his friends, expressed "displeasure against all factious and divisive ways", and ordered Sharp to translate Ramsay to the see of the Isles. Ramsay, on receiving notice of the king's decision, petitioned the council (28 July) to present his case again to the king, and, despite Sharp's opposition, the petition was forwarded to Lauderdale. An angry correspondence between Sharp and Ramsay followed. Sharp inhibited Ramsay, and proceeded to London. Thither, in April 1675, Ramsay followed him.[8] The quarrel was submitted to the consideration of several English bishops of both provinces in September 1675, with the result that Ramsay retained the see of Dunblane.[9]
During 1676 and 1677 Ramsay was engaged in a suit against Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton for an
Bishop of Ross
In May 1684 he was transferred to the
On 3 November 1688, however, Ramsay signed the letter of the Scottish bishops to James, congratulating him on the birth of a son, and expressing amazement at the news of an invasion from Holland.[13]
On the abolition of episcopacy Ramsay was expelled from office, and died at Edinburgh, in great poverty, on 22 October 1696. He was interred in the
References
- Shaw, W. A., "Ramsay, James (1624?–1696), bishop of Ross", in Dictionary of National Biography, (Smith & Elder, 1896)[14]
Notes
- ^ Munimenta Universitatis Glasguensis, iii. pp. 324, 368; Hew Scott, Fasti, pt. iii. pp. 4, 17, 112; Keith, Cat. p. 204.
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
- ^ George Grub, Eccles. Hist. of Scotland, iii. p. 244; Robert Wodrow, History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, ii. p. 430.
- ^ Munimenta Universitatis Glasguensis, iii. pp. 395–6.
- ^ Munimenta Universitatis Glasguensis, iii. p. 335.
- ^ Wodrow, iii. pp. 142–4; Burnet, i. pp. 491–2; ROBERT LAW, Memorialls, pp. 20–1; Grub, iii. p. 232.
- ^ Reg. Syn. Dunbl.; KEITH, Cat. p. 204.
- ^ Wodrow, ii. 405; cf. Hist. MSS. Comm. 2nd Rep. p. 205.
- ^ Wodrow, ubi supra, ii. pp. 303–40; GRUB, iii. pp. 249–52; LAW, Memorialls, pp. 70–84; Life of Robert Blair, pp. 541–9; BURNET, Own Times, ii. pp. 46–7.
- ^ LAUDER, Historical Notice of Scottish Affairs, i. pp. 105–9, Bannatyne Club.
- ^ KEITH, p. 283; LAUDER, ii. p. 549.
- ^ LAUDER, Historical Notice, ii. p. 726.
- ^ Wodrow, App. ii. p. cxlvii.
- ^ Article cites the following sources: Hew Scott's Fasti Eccl. Scot. pt. i. p. 161, pt. iii. pp. 75, 259, pt. iv. p. 840, pt. v. p. 455; Keith's Historical Cat. of Scottish Bishops, pp. 183, 204; Hist. MSS. Comm. 2nd Rep. p. 205; Munimenta Universitatis Glasguensis, iii. passim; Wodrow's Hist. of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, ubi supra; Grub's Eccles. Hist. of Scotland; Burnet's Own Times; Law's Memorialls, or the Memorable Things that fell out within the Island of Britain from 1638 to 1684, pp. 20–1; Baillie's Letters (Bannatyne Club), iii. 313, 487; Life of Robert Blair; Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall's Historical Notice of Scottish Affairs (Bannatyne Club), and his Historical Observes of Memorable Occurrents in Church and State (Bannatyne Club), p. 112; information kindly sent by W. J. Locke of Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perth.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ramsay, James (1624?-1696)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
