Argon ( αργος, Greek meaning " inactive ", in reference to its chemical inactivity ) was suspected to be present in air by Henry Cavendish in 1785 but was not isolated until 1894 by Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay in Scotland in an experiment in which they removed all of the oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen from a sample of clean air.

With the exception of the first term, it has been held by the Labour Party, and for seven years was held by Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister in 1924 and from 1929 to 1935.

Ramsay MacDonald was forced into a snap election in 1924, and although his government was defeated, he achieved his objective of virtually wiping the Liberals out as many more radical voters now moved to Labour whilst moderate middle-class Liberal voters concerned about socialism moved to the Conservatives.

Dalhousie University was first established as a non-sectarian college in 1818 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, whom the university was named after.

Dalhousie was founded as a result of the desires of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to establish a non-denominational college in Halifax.

The college was allowed to falter however after Ramsay left Halifax shortly after its establishment to serve as the Governor General of British North America.

The Dalhousie seal is based on the heraldic achievement of the Clan Ramsay of Scotland, largely because the founder of the university, the George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie was the head of the clan.

Initially, the Ramsay family coat of arms was used to identify Dalhousie but over time, the seal evolved with the number of amalgamations the university went through.

Ramsay was looking for argon but, after separating nitrogen and oxygen from the gas liberated by sulfuric acid, he noticed a bright yellow line that matched the D < sub > 3 </ sub > line observed in the spectrum of the Sun.

Reynolds wrote to Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St Asaph, a few weeks later: " Your Lordship congratulation on my succeeding Mr. Ramsay I take very kindly but it is a most miserable office, it is reduced from two hundred to thirty-eight pounds per annum, the Kings Rat catcher I believe is a better place, and I am to be paid only a fourth part of what I have from other people, so that the Portraits of their Majesties are not likely to be better done now, than they used to be, I should be ruined if I was to paint them myself ".

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM ( 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919 ) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904.

Along with scientist William Ramsay at University College, London, Lord Rayleigh theorized that the nitrogen extracted from air was mixed with another gas, leading to an experiment that successfully isolated a new element, argon, from the Greek word (, " inactive ").

Neon ( Greek ( neon ) meaning " new one ") was discovered in 1898 by the British chemists Sir William Ramsay ( 1852 – 1916 ) and Morris W. Travers ( 1872 – 1961 ) in London.

Neon was discovered when Ramsay chilled a sample of air until it became a liquid, then warmed the liquid and captured the gases as they boiled off.

It is not necessary for them to be a party leader ; David Lloyd George was leader of no party as prime minister during World War I, and neither was Ramsay MacDonald from 1931 to 1935.

The powers of some Prime Ministers waxed or waned, depending upon their own level of energy, political skills or outside events: Ramsay MacDonald, for example, was dominant in his Labour governments, but during his National Government his powers diminished so that he was merely the figurehead of the government.

The only occasion when a non-Privy Counsellor was the natural appointment was Ramsay MacDonald in 1924.

TiVo was developed by Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay through a corporation they named " Teleworld " which was later renamed to TiVo, Inc.

* Ramsay Wood ( born 1943 ), author of Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Friendship and Betrayal.

Ramsay speculates that Lafitte was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue ( now Haiti ).

* James Ramsay ( 1733 – 89 ): born in Fraserburgh ; anti-slavery campaigner.

Ramsay was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest son of a third-generation lawyer, Thomas Ramsay and his wife Jane Mitchell ( daughter of William Mitchell ( Scottish entrepreneur ).

Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan Ramsay, poet and author of The Gentle Shepherd.

* May 6-Andrew Michael Ramsay, biographer ( born 1686 )

* January 7-Allan Ramsay, poet ( born 1686 )

* Allan Ramsay ( portrait painter born 1959 ), painter

In 1956, Ramsay married Flora Fraser ( born 18 October 1930 ), the only daughter of Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun and chief of the Name of Fraser.

Alice Elizabeth Margaret Ramsay of Mar ( born 8 July 1961 ) m ( 28 July 1990 ).

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Ramsay of Mar ( born 15 April 1963 )

* July 23-Sir William Ramsay ( born 1852 ), chemist and Nobel prize winner.

Dalhousie was born at Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, the son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie, and Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Glen.

* James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie ( born 1948 )

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Simon David Ramsay, Lord Ramsay ( born 1981 )

* March 21-George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ( born 1770 )

George Ramsay Cook, OC, FRSC ( born November 28, 1931 in Alameda, Saskatchewan ), is a Canadian historian and general editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

Lynne Ramsay ( born 5 December 1969 ) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin.

He was born in London, into an old Scottish family ( see Ramsay Baronets ), and attended Colchester Royal Grammar School.

David Ramsay ( c. 1740 – c. 1810 ) was a controversial figure born in Leven, Scotland, who served as a cabin boy in the British Royal Navy, participated in the siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and later acted as a courier, translator and fur and alcohol trader, in part of the lower Great Lakes region consisting of present day southern Ontario, Canada, and western New York state.

Ramsay returned to Glasgow as Anderson's assistant at the Anderson College.

Sir William Mitchell Ramsay ( 15 March 1851, Glasgow – 20 April 1939 ) was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar.

Ramsay has paintings in the collection of a few British institutions including Sheffield, Derby Art Gallery ( attributed ), Glasgow Museum and Newstead Abbey.

Born in Glasgow on 5 December 1969, Ramsay graduated from the UK's National Film and Television School in 1995.

George Burrell Ramsay ( 1 March 1855 in Glasgow, Scotland – 7 October 1935 in Llandrindod Wells ) was secretary / manager of Aston Villa Football Club in the most successful period of their history.

Ramsay was born at Glasgow, being the son of William Ramsay, manufacturing chemist.

This article is based on an article by William Ramsay, M. A., Professor of Humanity in the University of Glasgow on pp 73-74 of " A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ", John Murray, London, 1875, edited by William Smith, D. C. L., LL. D.

This led to the announcement in July 2008 that 28 full-time jobs were to be cut as a direct consequence of the cuts " in order to secure Glasgow Science Centre's future ", according to the Chief Executive, Kirk Ramsay.