James Ramsay (governor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Governor of Queensland, Australia
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Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
About James Ramsay (governor)
- Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay, (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.Ramsay was one of six surviving children.
- He attended the Macquarie Street State School and The Hutchins School in Hobart.
- He proved himself to be quite adept at what he attempted in these schools; he was successful in becoming a cadet captain, excelled in Rugby, and was a high achiever in academic and professional subjects.
- He graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1933 and 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.
- He served as Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia from 1974 until 1977. Ramsay married Janet Burley, a Red Cross welfare officer, on 24 November 1945 at the parish church, Denham, Buckinghamshire.
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