Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Navar in the County of Forfar, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 10 September 1831 for the Hon. William Maule

William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure

William Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure was the younger son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie and Elizabeth Glen. His father was the son of Jean Maule, granddaughter of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure...

, longtime Member of Parliament

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 for Forfar

Forfar (UK Parliament constituency)

Forfarshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1950....

. Born William Ramsay, he was the second son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie

George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie

George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie was a grandson of William Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie.On 30 July 1767, he married Elizabeth Glen and they had five children:*Lady Mary Ramsay*Lady Elisabeth Ramsay...

, second son of George Ramsay, Lord Ramsay, by his wife Jean, daughter of the Hon. Harry Maule of Kelly, younger son of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure, and brother of James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure

James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure

James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure , was a Scottish peer.Born in Monifieth, Scotland, James Maule lived at Ballumbie and became the 4th Earl of Panmure in 1686 on the death of his brother, George Maule, the 3rd Earl. he married Margaret, the daughter of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton...

 (who took part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was attainted in 1716 with his titles forfeited) (see Earl of Dalhousie

Earl of Dalhousie

Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.-History:This family descends from Sir George Ramsay, who represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1617. He received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also...

 and Earl of Panmure

Earl of Panmure

Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Maule, Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland...

 for earlier history of the family). In 1782 he succeeded to the Maule estates on the death of his great-uncle William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure, and assumed by Royal license the same year the additional surname and arms of Maule. In 1831 the Panmure title was revived when he was raised to the peerage. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a prominent Liberal

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 politician. In 1860 he succeeded his first cousin as eleventh Earl of Dalhousie and assumed the same year the additional surname of Ramsay. He was childless and on his death in 1874 the barony of Panmure became extinct, while he was succeeded in the earldom of Dalhousie by his first cousin. This title is still extant.

The Hon. Lauderdale Maule

Lauderdale Maule

Lauderdale Maule, DL was a Scottish soldier, the second son of the Lord Panmure.Born at Brechin Castle, he entered the 39th Regiment of Foot as an ensign on 24 August 1825. In 1835, he was promoted to captain in the 95th Regiment of Foot, and transferred into the 79th Regiment of Foot on 21 August...

, second son of the first Baron, also represented Forfar in the House of Commons

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Barons Panmure (1831)

• William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure
  William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure
  William Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure was the younger son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie and Elizabeth Glen. His father was the son of Jean Maule, granddaughter of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure...
  
   (1771–1852)
• Fox Maule-Ramsay, 2nd Baron Panmure
  Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie
  Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie KT, GCB, PC , known as Fox Maule before 1852, as The Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860 and as Earl of Dalhousie after 1860, was a British politician.-Background:...
  
  (1801–1874) (succeeded as Earl of Dalhousie in 1860)