RAMSAY (Andrew Michael), generally known by the name of the Chevalier Ramsay, was a polite Scots writer, born of a good family at Ayre, in 1686. His good parts and learning recommended him to be tutor to the son of the earl of Weems; after which, conceiving a disgust at the religion in which he had been educated, he in the same ill-humour reviewed other Christian churches; and, finding none to his liking, rested for a while in Deism. While he was in this uncertain state of mind, he went to Leyden; where, falling into the company of one Poiret a mystic divine, he received the infection of mysticism: which prompted him to consult M. Fenelon, the famed archbishop of Cambay, who had imbibed principles of the same nature; and who gained him over to the Catholic religion in 1709. The subsequent course of his life received its direction from his friendship and connections with this prelate; and, being appointed governor to the duke de Chateau Thierry, and the prince de Turenne, he was made a knight of the order of St Lazarus. He was sent for to Rome by the chevalier de St George, to undertake the education of his children; but he found so many intrigues and dissensions on his arrival there in 1724, that he obtained the Chevalier's leave to return to Paris. He died in 1743, in the office of intendant to the duke of Bouillon, prince de Turenne. The most capital work of his writing is the Travels of Cyrus, which has been several times printed in English.