Excerpt from Life of the Marquis of DalhousieBirth of the Marquis of Dalhousie - His parents and ancestors Canada and Harrow - Letter to Dr. Butler - Cardinal Manning's recollections - Lord Hastings' visit - The holidays - Christ Church -studies and vacations - Death of Ramsay's elder brother - His degree - Ramsay stands for the City of Edinburgh and is defeated - Member for Haddingtonshire Death of his father The Scottish secession question - Breach with Dr. Chalmers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.