The Ramsden, later Pennington, later Pennington-Ramsden Baronetcy, of Byram in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 November 1689 for John Ramsden in honour of the services given during the Glorious Revolution.[1] The manor of Huddersfield had been in the family since 1599, and the Ramsden baronets retained this manor until 1920, when it was sold to the Corporation of the County Borough of Huddersfield, along with the substantial Ramsden Estate.[2]
The Ramsden Baronetcy, of Birkensaw in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1938. For more information on this creation, see Baron Ramsden.
Ramsden, later Pennington, later Pennington-Ramsden baronets, now Ramsden, of Byram (1689)
Sir John Charles Josslyn Ramsden, 9th Baronet (born 1950)
The heir presumptive is the present baronet's sixth cousin once removed, Colin John Ramsden (born 1949), who lives in Tasmania and is a sixth-great-grandson of the second baronet through his younger son Robert Ramsden.[4] The heir-in-line is his son, Richard Ramsden (born 1979), who has two sons, Jake (born 2011) and Tiago (born 2013).[5]