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Last Name Dalhousie
Given Name Lady Christiane °
alt. Names C. D. ; Christiane Ramsay [née Broun], countess of Dalhousie / Lady Christiane Dalhousie ;
Marriage George Ramsay (1770-1838) in 1805, who became 9th earl of Dalhousie in 1815, and in 1816 was appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia
Children three sons: The two elder boys died as young men, the youngest of whom was James Andrew Broun Ramsay, later the first marquess of Dalhousie
Year born 1786 in the family seat of Coalstoun or Colstoun
Year died 1839
Place of death in Dean Ramsay's house in Edinburgh
Father's occupation Charles Broun. Her father was an advocate in Edinburgh, the son of Judge George Broun, Lord Coalstoun.
Relatives
Education
Country of Activity Canada
Worked for botanist J. D. Hooker ; botanist T. Thomson: Flora Indica 1 (1855) ;
Patronage collection of Indian plants (~1200 specimens) to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh (hon. member 1837); cofounder 1824 of Lit. & Hist. Soc. of Quebec
Collaborators
Techniques botanical and topographical drawing and painting ; portraiture ;
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Archival sources www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/57840 ; http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000048696 ;
Published sources Janes Browne in Oxford online DNB ; M. Gunn & L. E. Codd, Botanical exploration of southern Africa (1981) ; Robert 2008: 52 & 55ff. ;
other Also active in India when Dalhousie's political connections in England subsequently failed and they moved to India in July 1829 for him to take up a position as commander-in-chief of the British army there.
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