until his death. Always interested in church matters, Dalhousie was a prominent supporter of the Free Church of Scotland after it split from the Church of Scotland in the disruption of 1843. In December 1860, he succeeded his kinsman, the 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, as 11th Earl of Dalhousie. He shortly afterwards changed his surname to "Maule-Ramsay" (his father had changed his surname to "Maule" from the family's patronymic "Ramsay" before being created Baron Panmure). Death and legacy He died in Brechin Castle on 6 July 1874 in the same room in which he had been born. Free Church elder For thirty years he was returned by the Free Presbytery of Dunkeld as their representative elder to the General Assembly, and took an active part in its proceedings. After the Disruption, when so many proprietors refused sites for the building of churches and manses, it was mainly through his speeches in Parliament that the difficulty was surmounted. He laid the foundation stone for the new Free Church at Dunkeld. Freemasonry Maule was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1832, and later (as Lord Panmure) Deputy Grand Master in 1857. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1867. In 1860, Panmure Lodge (now No. 723) was warranted, being named after the then Deputy Grand Master. Marriage Lord Dalhousie married the Hon. Montague, daughter of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby, in 1831. They had no children. She died in November 1853, aged 46. Lord Dalhousie died July 1874, aged 73. On his death, the barony of Panmure became extinct, but the earldom of Dalhousie (and its subsidiary titles) passed to his cousin, George Ramsay. References Citations Sources External links Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl Maule, Fox Maule, Fox Maule, Fox Maule, Fox Dalhousie, E11 Maule, Fox Dalhousie, Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl Dalhousie, Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl Fox Free Church of Scotland people Presidents of the Board of Control