William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey

William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Huntingdonshire
In office 1880 – 1885 Serving with Lord Douglas Gordon
Preceded by	Edward Fellowes The Viscount Mandeville
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Ramsey
In office 1885 – 1887
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Ailwyn Fellowes
Lord-in-Waiting
In office 1890–1892
Prime Minister	Lord Salisbury
Preceded by	The Viscount Torrington
Succeeded by	The Lord Wolverton
2nd Baron de Ramsey
In office 1887–1925
Preceded by	Edward Fellowes
Succeeded by	Ailwyn Fellowes
Personal details
Born	(1848-05-16)16 May 1848
Died
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

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

De Ramsey was the eldest son of Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey, and Hon. Mary Julia Milles. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn, was his younger brother.

He purchased a commission as a cornet in the Life Guards on 16 March 1867; he retired as a captain on 21 July 1877.

He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Ramsey until August 1887, when he inherited the barony on his father's death and entered the House of Lords. In 1890 de Ramsey was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury, a post he held until the Conservative defeat in the 1892 general election.

Family

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 and the uncle (through marriage) of Winston Churchill. 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, his son and heir apparent Captain the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes having died on active service in the First World War.

• Hon. Alexandra Frances Anne Fellowes (29 June 1880 - 16 September 1955), married Brig.-Gen. Hon. Ferdinand Charles Stanley
• Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes (8 February 1883 - 22 October 1915), married first Gwendolen Dorothy Jefferson and secondly Hon. Lilah O'Brien
• Hon. Reginald Ailwyn Fellowes (20 January 1884 - 19 March 1953), married Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg more known as Daisy Fellowes
• Hon. Gladys Cecil Georgina Fellowes (4 January 1885 - 4 August 1952), married Captain Heneage Greville Finch, Lord Guernsey
• Hon. Hermione Frances Caroline Fellowes (31 July 1886 - January 1972), married 1. Brig.-Gen. Lord Esmé Charles Gordon-Lennox and secondly Rolf Cederström, Baron Cederström
• Hon. Sybil Inna Mildred Fellowes (24 October 1888 - 18 May 1948), married James Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Fellowes

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Fellowes The Viscount Mandeville	Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1880 – 1885 With: Lord Douglas Gordon	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Ramsey 1885 – 1887	Succeeded by Ailwyn Fellowes
Political offices
Preceded by The Viscount Torrington	Lord-in-Waiting 1890 – 1892	Succeeded by The Lord Wolverton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Fellowes	Baron de Ramsey 1887–1925	Succeeded by Ailwyn Fellowes