Peter Belhaven Hamilton Ramsay One of the popular men of the Province of Manitoba is Captain Peter B.H. Ramsay, the subject of this sketch. He was born on December 1, 1864, at Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a son of William Hamilton and Fanny (Scarth) Ramsay, both of whom were also natives of Scotland, the father being a major in the Highland Light Infantry. Mr. Ramsay was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, leaving school at the age of seventeen, and the next three years being articled in a law office. He was subsequently lieutenant in the Third Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry. In 1886 he came to Manitoba and located at Virden, where he conducted a farm until 1898, at which time he came to Brandon, where he engaged in cigar manufacturing and traveled throughout Manitoba and the North-West Territories in connection with his business interests. In 1896 he was commissioned lieutenant to what was then known as the Manitoba Dragoons and stationed at Virden, and in 1904 when the squadron was converted into the Canadian Mounted Rifles, he was made Captain of A Squadron. In 1902 Captain Ramsay was in charge of the contingent of the Canadian Mounted Rifles of Manitoba, which was sent to attend the coronation of King Edward the Seventh. In 1886 Captain Ramsay married Miss Sophia Probert, a daughter of William Probert, of Edinburgh, Scotland. They are the parents of four children: Hilda, Florence, Daisy and William. Captain Ramsay is a member of the Brandon Board of Trade, and since 1903 has been president of the Brandon Club. Politically he gives his support to the Liberal party, and has always taken an active part in local, provincial and Dominion politics. A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce. Published by The Canada History Company, Toronto:Montreal, in 1906. pp. 547-58