The Earl of Holderness | |
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| Born | 1 May 1580 |
| Died | January 1626 |
| Spouse | Lady Elizabeth Radclyffe Martha Cockayne |
John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580 – January 1626), known as Sir John Ramsay between 1600 and 1606, and as the Viscount of Haddington between 1606 and 1621, was an important Scottish aristocrat of the Jacobean era, best known in history as the first favourite of James I when he became king of England as well as Scotland in 1603.