Andrew Ramsay (minister)
Andrew Ramsay was a minister of the Church of Scotland, academic at the University of Edinburgh, and writer of Latin poetry.
Ramsay was minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh.
Ramsay twice served as Rector of the University of Edinburgh, 1620–26 and 1646–48. In 1620, the university separated the posts of Principal and Rector: the advocate Patrick Sands was appointed the university's first non-theologian Principal, and Ramsay was appointed Professor of Divinity and Rector. He resigned in March 1626. Reappointed as Rector in 1646, he was deposed for his refusal to preach against the Engagers, the Covenanters who had agreed a secret treaty with Charles I.
Ramsay was the father of Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall, judge and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
