Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey

Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey DL (14 May 1809 – 9 August 1887) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.

De Ramsey was the son of William Henry Fellowes, of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire, and Emma Benyon. He was elected to the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire in 1837, a seat he held for 43 years, until 1880. In July 1887, only a month before his death, he was raised to the peerage as Baron de Ramsey, of Ramsey Abbey in the County of Huntingdon.

His seat was Haveringland Hall.[1]

Wall plaque to Edward Fellowes in the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire indicating his burial
Wall plaque to Edward Fellowes in the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire indicating his burial

Lord de Ramsey married, in 1845, Hon. Mary Julia Milles, daughter of George Milles, 4th Baron Sondes. He died in August 1887, aged 78, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son William Henry Fellowes. The Dowager Lady de Ramsey died 10 April 1901.[2] Their younger son Ailwyn Fellowes was a Conservative politician, elevated to the peerage as Baron Ailwyn in 1921.

Lady de Ramsey, 1850 lithograph

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  1. ^ History of Haveringland, in Broadland and Norfolk | Map and description. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36426. London. 11 April 1901. p. 7.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
18371880
With: George Thornhill 1837–1852
Viscount Mandeville 1852–1855
James Rust 1855–1859
Lord Robert Montagu 1859–1874
Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly 1874–1877
Viscount Mandeville 1877–1880
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron de Ramsey
1887
Succeeded by