Archibald Maule Ramsay
Archibald Maule Ramsay | |
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Ramsay in 1937 | |
| Member of Parliament for Peebles and Southern Midlothian | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Westwood |
| Succeeded by | David Pryde |
| Majority | 8,250 (31.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1894 Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 11 March 1955 (aged 60) United Kingdom |
| Political party | Scottish Unionist |
| Spouse | Lady Ismay Crichton-Stuart |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1920 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay (4 May 1894 – 11 March 1955) was a British Army officer who later went into politics as a Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament (MP). From the late 1930s, he developed increasingly strident antisemitic views. In 1940, after his involvement with a suspected spy at the United States embassy, he became the only British MP to be interned under Defence Regulation 18B.
In 1939, Ramsay formed the explicitly pro-Nazi Right Club, intending to unify far-right extremists across Britain. According to reports by MI5, he was plotting a fascist coup, intended to take place if and when German troops landed on British soil. In furtherance of this plan, he placed informants within the police, the Ministry of Economic Warfare, Air Ministry censorship branch, and Churchill's War Cabinet.