Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet
British Member of Parliament (1699-1769)
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 eldest son of Sir William Ramsden, 2nd Baronet, of Byram and Longley Hall, and his wife Elizabeth Lowther, daughter of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale. He was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge on 4 April 1718. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 27 June 1736.
Career
At the 1727 British general election, Ramsden was returned as Member of Parliament for Appleby by his uncle, Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale. He was an independent Whig and voted with the government in 1729 on the civil list arrears, in 1733 on the Excise Bill, and in 1734 on the repeal of the Septennial Act. He was returned at the 1734 British general election and voted against the government on the Spanish convention in 1739. He was considered an opposition member in 1740. Ramsden was returned again at the 1741 British general election and was put forward, though not elected, for the secret committee on Walpole in 1742. However, he voted against the government on the Hanoverians in the following December and again in 1744.
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