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'''Abel Ram''' (1753–1830) was an [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] landowner and politician. He was the son of Andrew Ram and Mary Digby, daughter of John Digby of [[County Kildare]].
He married Elizabeth Stopford, daughter of Captain Joseph Stopford, and niece of [[James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown]].
==Career==
He was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Duleek (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Duleek]] in the [[Grattan's Parliament|Irish Parliament]] from 1783 to 1790 and [[County Wexford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Wexford]] from 1797 to 1800. His uncle, also Abel Ram, was the patron of Duleek. Ram was an MP for [[County Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)|County Wexford]] from 1801 to 1806 and 1807 to 1812 in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom Parliament]] after the [[Acts of Union 1800|1800 Acts of Union]],  sitting in the interest of his wife's family.<ref name= parl>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/ram-abel-1753-1830 |title=RAM, Abel (1753–1830), of Clonattin, co. Wexford. |work=The History of Parliament |publisher= [[The History of Parliament|The History of Parliament Trust]] |accessdate=27 September 2014}}</ref>
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| with = [[John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely|Viscount Loftus]] to May 1806
| with2 = [[Caesar Colclough (1766–1842)|Caesar Colclough]] from May 1806
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