|James Ramsay, Marquess of Dalhousie| AKA James Andrew Broun
Ramsay Birthplace: Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Location of death: Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland Cause
of death: unspecified Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual
orientation: Straight Executive summary: Governor-General of
India James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess and 10th Earl of
Dalhousie, British statesman and Indian administrator, was born
at Daihousie Castle, Scotland, on the 22nd of April 1812. He
crowded into his short life conspicuous public services in
England, and established an unrivalled position among the
master-builders of the Indian empire. Denounced on the eve of
his death as the chief offender who failed to notice the signs
of the mutiny of 1857, and even aggravated the crisis by his
overbearing self-consciousness, centralizing activity and
reckless annexations, he stands out in the clear light of
history as the far-sighted governor-general who consolidated
British rule in India, laid truly the foundations of its l