troops. This meant Ramsay was transferred to Flanders, where he spent the rest of the Nine Years War; in March 1691, he was promoted Brigadier-General, and commanded a Brigade containing six battalions of British foot. In September, he took over as Colonel of the Scots Guards, after its commander and his former colleague James Douglas died of fever. Ramsay was present at the battles of Steenkerque in 1692 and Landen in 1693, being promoted Major-General in March 1694. During the recapture of Namur in 1695, he led the attack on 3 July that captured the Heights of Bouge, with the assault force suffering over 4,000 casualties. After the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, the regiment returned to England, before moving to Scotland in 1699. Ramsay and his wife took up residence at Carriden House, in Falkirk, after selling Anna's Dutch possessions in 1697, mainly landholdings in Zeeland. When the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1702, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Scotland; Marlborough described him as 'a very brave man and a good officer.' Promoted Lieutenant-General in February 1703, he died in Edinburgh on 7 September 1705. Footnotes References Sources ; Lynn, John; The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714 (Modern Wars in Perspective); (Longman, 1996); 1652 births 1705 deaths Scottish generals British military personnel of the Nine Years' War British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession Military personnel of the Franco-Dutch War Scots Guards officers