MAULES IN THE RAMSAY FAMILY OF THE EARLS OF DALHOUSIE

When William, Earl of Panmure of Forth and Viscount Maule of Whitechurch died in 1782, his brothers had pre-deceased him. None of his brothers had any children so the titles became extinct. In his will he left the Panmure estates in liferent to George, the second son of his sister Jean, with remainder to George's second son, William.

Jean had married George Ramsay, the 6th. Earl of Dalhousie but when the Panmure estates were inherited by William Ramsay and he was given the title Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar, he assumed the arms and the name of Maule in accordance with the terms of his great-uncle's will. It is in this way that the Maule name came to be used in the family of the Earls of Dalhousie.

As the two sons of the Hon. William Maule of Ferne and Maulesden both died at a very young age this was the end of the use of the Maule surname in the Ramsay family. Many descendants, however, have continued to be given Maule as a middle name.

FAMILY TREE OF MAULES IN THE RAMSAY FAMILY

BOXED NAMES ON TREE HAVE LINKS TO THEIR BIOGRAPHIES.

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