Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet
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Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet (after 1673 – by 1 September 1710) was a member of the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1707–1708.
Ramsay was son of Sir Charles Ramsay, 3rd Baronet, of Balmain, Kincardineshire. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and attended Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1693 to 1697. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1695 while at the university.
He was MP for Kincardineshire, Scotland in 1708–1710, having previously sat for the same county in the Parliament of Scotland from 1705 to 1707, after initially contesting it in 1702. He was a supporter of the Act of Union which created the British Parliament.
While arranging his marriage, he was accidentally killed in a fall from his horse on or before 1 September 1710. He was succeeded in his baronetcy by his brother Alexander.