William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey (16 May 1848 – 8 May 1925), was a British

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 Conservative

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 politician.

De Ramsey was the eldest son of Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey

Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey

Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey 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...

, and Hon. Mary Julia Milles. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn

Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn

Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn KCVO, KBE, PC , was a British businessman, farmer and Conservative politician...

, was his younger brother. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament

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 for Huntingdonshire

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 in 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Ramsey

Ramsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Ramsey was a parliamentary constituency in Huntingdonshire, which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

 until August 1887, when he inherited the barony on his father's death and entered the House of Lords

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. In 1890 de Ramsey was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting

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 (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration

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 of Lord Salisbury

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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, a post he held until the Conservative defeat in the 1892 general election

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.

Lord de Ramsey married Lady Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill, daughter of John Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, in 1877. He thereby became the brother-in-law of Lord Randolph Churchill

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 and the uncle (through marriage) of Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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. Lady de Ramsey died in 1920. Lord de Ramsey survived her by five years and died in May 1925, aged 76. He was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Ailwyn

Ailwyn Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey

Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey KBE, TD was a British peer.de Ramsey was the son of the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes , son of William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey. His mother was Gwendolene Dorothy, daughter of Harry Wyndham Jefferson. He was educated at Oundle School...

, his son and heir apparent Captain the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes having predeceased him.