John Charles Ramsden

John Charles Ramsden (30 April 1788 – 29 December 1836) was a British Whig His younger brother, Captain Henry James Ramsden (1799–1871), is the direct ancestor the 8th and 9th Ramsden Baronets.

Career At the 1812 general election, Ramsden was elected as one of the two MPs for borough of Malton. He was re-elected at the next four general elections, and held the seat until 1831. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire in May 1831, and held his seat in Parliament until the constituency was divided by the Reform Act 1832,

He was returned to the Commons three months later, when he was elected without a contest at a by-election after the sitting Liberal MP Viscount Milton resigned to contest a vacancy in the Northern division of Northamptonshire. He was re-elected unopposed in 1835, and held the seat until his death. Isabella's maternal grandfather was William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, and her uncle was William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, a leading Whig politician and one of the richest people in Britain. Together, they were the parents of: