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Talk:George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie

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It is notable, imho, that Dalhousie was the subject of a petition drive in 1827-28 which arguably led to his removal or resignation from office. This was one of the largest petitions (proportionate to population) of those times. See, for example, L’éruption patriote: The Revolt against Dalhousie and the Petitioning Explosion in Nineteenth-Century French Canada by Carpenter, et al.