John Frecheville Ramsden
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Ramsden's parents were John William Ramsden and Lady Helen Guendolen Ramsden (née Seymour), the daughter and co-heiress of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Ramsden was commissioned into the British Army, serving in World War I with the Norfolk Yeomanry, promoted to Captain.
When his mother died in 1910 he inherited Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire.[4][5] In 1917, he inherited Muncaster Castle.[5](p209)
He was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1920/21.[6]
In 1927 he purchased land in Africa, near the border between Kenya and Tanganyika Territory. He owned property near Naivasha and he was an occassional house-guest of the Happy Valley set whilst he lived in that area.[7][8][5]
Ramsden died at Ardverikie House on 6 October 1958.[7]