Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie (17 October 1914—15 July 1999) was a British land-owner, statesman and politician.

Ramsay was the second son of Arthur Maule Ramsay , the 14th Earl of Dalhousie, and Mary Heathcote-Drummond, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ancaster. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He served in the Black Watch during World War II, gaining the rank of Major, and was awarded the Military Cross.

Ramsay married Margaret Stirling, daughter of a Brigadier-General and grand-daughter of Lord Lovat, in June 1940. They had three sons and two daughters.

In 1945, Ramsay was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Forfarshire and served until 1950 when he became Earl of Dalhousie and Chief of the Clan Ramsay on the death of his brother, John, the 15th Earl . He was appointed Governor-General of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1957, and served until 1963 when the federatation broke up, becoming independent Zambia and Malawi.

In 1953, Ramsay was awarded an honorary degree by Dalhousie University, Canada, which had been founded in 1818 by his ancestor George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. He served as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother from 1965, Lord Lieutenant of Angus (1967-89) and Chancellor of the University of Dundee (1977-92). He was a Lieutenant of the Royal Company of Archers, the monarch's bodyguard in Scotland and was created a Knight of the Order of the Thistle by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971.