James Ramsay (Australian governor)

Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG KCVO CBE DSC ( born August 27, 1916 in Hobart, Tasmania; † 1 May 1986 as Broadbeach, Queensland) was an Australian soldier and politician.

Life

He graduated in 1933, the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay. He went through an excellent Marinie career and served during the Second World War on British and Australian ships in the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He reached the rank of commodore.

From 1974 to 1977 he was deputy governor of Western Australia. 22 April 1977 until 21 July 1985 he was Governor of Queensland.

Bowen | Blackall | 2nd Marquess of Normanby | Cairns | Kennedy | Musgrave | Norman | 2nd Baron Lamington | Chermside | 3rd Baron Chelmsford | MacGregor | Goold -Adams | Nathan | Goodwin | Wilson | Lavarack | Smith | Mansfield | Hannah | Ramsay ( 1977-85 ) | Campbell | Forde | Arnison | Bryce | Wensley

  • Governor (Queensland )
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Of the Order Legion of Merit ( Officer )
  • Australian
  • Born 1916
  • Died in 1986
  • Man
Samuel Blackall Arthur Kennedy (governor) Anthony Musgrave Henry Wylie Norman Herbert Chermside William MacGregor Matthew Nathan John Goodwin (British Army officer) Leslie Orme Wilson John Lavarack Alan Mansfield Colin Hannah Leneen Forde Peter Arnison Penelope Wensley
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