Talk:George Ramsay (military officer)

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Robinvp11 in topic George Ramsay (English Army officer)

George Ramsay (English Army officer)

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Was George Ramsay an 'English Army officer'? Or Scots? Shipsview (talk) 12:48, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Definitely Scots, not English but I don't know how to undo the original article heading; the same applies to a number of others eg James Douglas. Personally, I'd just go for 'Army officer' because the question of allegiance can be very complex. Mackay was Scots-born but spent his career either in Dumbarton's (part of the French army - mostly) or the Dutch Scots Brigade (part of the Dutch army). He settled in the Netherlands, his children were Dutch (as is the current Mackay chief, I believe).

Robinvp11 (talk) 18:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply