James Ramsay (governor)

Commodore The Honourable
Sir James Maxwell Ramsay
KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC
Commodore The Honourable Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC
	Ramsay at Governor's Mansion, 1978
20th Governor of Queensland
	In office; 22 April 1977 – 21 July 1985
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Sir Colin Hannah
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Campbell
Personal details
Born	27 August 1916; Knight of the Order of St John; Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)

CBE, DSC (27 August 1916 – 1 May 1986) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the 20th Governor of Queensland, serving from 22 April 1977 until 21 July 1985.^[1]

Biography

Ramsay was one of six surviving children. He attended the Macquarie Street State School and

Flinders Naval Depot in 1933 and was appointed a midshipman on 1 May 1934.^[4] He had a distinguished naval career. In 1945 Ramsay attended Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, England, and in the same year married Janet Grace Burley. During the Second World War he served on British and Australian ships in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, and 1972 he retired from the navy.^[2] He served as Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia from 1974 until 1977.^[5]

Ramsay married Janet Burley, a Red Cross welfare officer, on 24 November 1945 at the parish church, Denham, Buckinghamshire.[2]

References

^ "Queensland Governors". Queensland Government. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c White, M.W. D. "Ramsay, Sir James Maxwell (1916–1986)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
^ "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 2. 9 January 1930. p. 22.
^ "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 62. 13 September 1934. p. 1590.
^ "Former governor dies". The Australian. 2 May 1986. p. 12.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Colin Hannah	Governor of Queensland 1977–1985	Succeeded by Sir Walter Campbell

[1] "Queensland Governors". Queensland Government. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.

[ADB-2] White, M.W. D. "Ramsay, Sir James Maxwell (1916–1986)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 10 April 2013.

[3] "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 2. 9 January 1930. p. 22.

[4] "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 62. 13 September 1934. p. 1590.

[5] "Former governor dies". The Australian. 2 May 1986. p. 12.

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v t e Governors of Queensland
Before Federation	Bowen Blackall Marquess of Normanby Cairns Kennedy Musgrave Norman Baron Lamington
After Federation	Chermside Baron Chelmsford MacGregor Goold-Adams Nathan Goodwin Wilson Lavarack Abel Smith Mansfield Hannah Ramsay Campbell Forde Arnison Bryce Wensley de Jersey Young

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