William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure

William Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure (27 October 1771 – 13 April 1852 ) was a Scottish politician.

Maule was 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. In 1782 he succeeded to the Maule estates on the death of his great-uncle William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure, and assumed by Royal license 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, as Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, echoing his great-uncle's title.

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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Lord Panmure

Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Moira	Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1808–1810	Succeeded by The Earl of Rosslyn
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by David Scott	Member of Parliament for Forfarshire April–June 1796	Succeeded by Sir David Carnegie, Bt
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir David Carnegie, Bt	Member of Parliament for Forfarshire 1805–1831	Succeeded by Donald Ogilvy May
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Panmure 1831–1852	Succeeded by Fox Maule-Ramsay