John Ramsden

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.

Later life and legacy Ramsden married, by licence dated 8 August 1748, Margaret Bright, widow of Thomas Liddell Bright of Badsworth, Yorkshire, and daughter of William Norton of Sawley, Yorkshire. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1766, he was responsible for the building of the Cloth Hall at Huddersfield. He died at Byram on 10 April 1769 and was buried at Brotherton on 17 April. He was succeeded by his son, John.