Baron Eduard Andreevich Ramsay /Swed. Anders Edvard Friherre Ramsay; March 12 [23], 1799 , Kuopio - April 30 [ May 12 ] , 1877 , Helsingfors/ Adjutant General, Infantry General, Member of the State Council of the Russian Empire was born on March 12, 1799 in the city of Kuopio in the family of the governor of the county Savolaks and Kymmenegaard.
He received home education and was assigned to His Majesty's Corps of Pages where he completed his course of study in 1818 and on March 22 was released as an ensign in the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment . After serving in the regiment for eight years, Ramsay attracted the attention of his superiors as an excellent shooter and, in addition, as an expert in weapons and shooting; during this time he successively received the ranks of second lieutenant (December 6, 1819), lieutenant (February 20, 1821), staff captain (April 29, 1823) and captain (March 29, 1825); December 14, 1825 Ramsay was among the troops gathered to suppress the Decembrist Revolt.
On July 4, 1827, Ramsay was appointed commander of the Finnish Rowing Battalion (with the remaining in the Preobrazhensky Regiment) and on August 22 he received the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class; July 15, 1828 led the Finnish training battalion ; On November 8, 1828, Ramsay was promoted to colonel and on July 15, 1829 he was made head of the Life Guards of the Finnish Rifle Battalion, which had just been formed under his direct supervision. With tireless zeal for service and attention to business, Ramsay brought this battalion to an excellent state in terms of shooting and the front, for which he was granted on August 2, 1830 to the rank of aide-de-camp of His Imperial Majesty.
Together with his battalion, Ramsay took part in the war against the Polish rebels, during which the battalion earned the St. George banner, and Ramsay himself was wounded on May 4, 1831 in the vanguard battle near Ostrolenka and on the same day received the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree. After being cured, he participated in the capture of Warsaw , for which he was awarded the Order of St. Anne, 2nd degree with the imperial crown on August 27. For the Polish campaign, Ramsay was also awarded the Polish insignia Virtutti Military 3rd class.
At the end of the war in 1831, Emperor Nicholas I paid special attention to the development of shooting and the formation of rifle units in the troops, and for this purpose formed a special Committee for the improvement of fittings and guns, in which Colonel Ramsay took a lively part. In addition, he was sent to Prussia to study the organization of rifle units with the troops there. Upon his return from this mission, Ramsay was entrusted with the formation of the so-called artillery riflemen team, as well as a new grenadier rifle battalion. December 6, 1836 Ramsay was promoted to major general and on March 9, 1838 he was appointed inspector of rifle battalions. He served this position for 18 years and all the time diligently and with zeal was engaged in the formation of rifle units, training and special improvement of them, especially in relation to shooting. At the same time, Ramsay was the chairman of the Supreme Military Court of the Finnish troops.
Promoted to lieutenant general on March 23, 1847, Ramsay commanded detachments located on the coast of Finland during the Eastern War , and twice participated in repelling the landing of the Anglo-French troops in 1854 near the city of Eknes and near the town of Runsala, for which On November 11 he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle . In 1855, during the bombardment of Sveaborg , he commanded the right flank of the defensive line. At the end of the war Ramsay was elevated on August 26, 1856 to the baronial dignity of the Grand Duchy of Finland and appointed commander of the Separate Grenadier Corps. During this period of service Baron Ramsay was repeatedly awarded the highest favors and awards and on August 30, 1858 was appointed Adjutant General of His Majesty and from December 9 of the same year was a member of the military court in Moscow over persons guilty of unrest and abuse of supplies troops of the former Crimean and Southern armies with items of allowance (with the retention of the position of the corps commander); September 8, 1859 Ramsay was promoted to General of the Infantry. After six years of command of the Corps, Baron Ramsay, at the request, was relieved of this position and enlisted in the 1st Yekaterinoslav Life Grenadier Regiment of His Majesty .
The unrest and rebellion that arose in the Kingdom of Poland called Baron Ramsay in 1862 back to active service. On July 6 he was appointed commander of the troops in the Kingdom of Poland and, despite his poor health, immediately arrived from abroad to his post and took command of the troops. A year later, Ramsay's health required serious treatment. This prompted him to ask for dismissal from his position. He was dismissed on March 17, 1863 and was awarded with diamond insignias of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
Later, Baron Ramsay was appointed (July 11, 1867) inspector of the troops of the Warsaw Military District, in June of the following year - Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Military District, and in 1868 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his service in officer ranks, and was appointed second chief of the Life Guards Finnish Rifle Battalion.
As a member of the Military Council, Ramsay was appointed on August 30, 1873 a member of the State Council and died in this rank on April 30, 1877 in Helsingfors , where he was buried.
