Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaakona ia ki Eton me Christ Church, Oxford. I mahi ia i roto i te Black Watch i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whiwhi i te taumata o te Pirimia, a i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Karauna o te Rererangi mo te maia i te wa o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.
Te whakaekenga a nga hoa ki Hiti. I te tau 1950 i riro i a ia te taitara i muri i te matenga o tana tuakana, a John Gilbert Ramsay, te 15th Earl, kaore i marena.