Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay

Admiral THE HONOURABLE Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O. (29 May, 1881 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 May, 1902.

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 29 May, 1910.

On 8 February, 1913, he was appointed to Excellent to re-qualify for gunnery duties, then being appointed gunnery officer of Indefatigable on 17 June, 1913.

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.

Post-War

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1919.

Ramsay was appointed in command of the light cruiser Calcutta on 15 August, 1924.

Ramsay was made a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty on 19 July, 1938, vice John H. D. Cunningham.

Ramsay was superseded as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the Royal Naval Air Services on 21 November, 1939, by Guy Charles Cecil Royle.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/45. ff. 209-10.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Charles H. Davey	Captain of H.M. T.B. 66 16 Jul, 1901	Succeeded by Geoffrey S. F. Nash
Preceded by Sidney B. Mainguy	Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris 15 Jul, 1919	Succeeded by Edward B. C. Dicken
Preceded by Hubert S. Monroe	Captain of H.M.S. Dunedin 16 Nov, 1922 – after 31 Aug, 1923	Succeeded by Alister F. Beal
Preceded by Alister F. Beal	Captain of H.M.S. Chatham 1923	Succeeded by Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence	Captain of H.M.S. Southampton 1924 – 16 Aug, 1924	Succeeded by Melville A. Hawes
Preceded by Henry K. Kitson	Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta 15 Aug, 1924 – 11 May, 1926	Succeeded by Andrew Browne Cunningham
Preceded by Reginald G. H. Henderson	Captain of H.M.S. Furious 23 Apr, 1928 – Sep, 1929	Succeeded by Everard J. Hardman-Jones
Preceded by Frank Forester Rose	Captain of H.M.S. Victory 1 Nov, 1929 – 2 Nov, 1931	Succeeded by Hubert E. Dannreuther
Preceded by Frank Forester Rose	Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth 1 Nov, 1929 – 2 Nov, 1931	Succeeded by Hubert E. Dannreuther
Preceded by Reginald G. H. Henderson	Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers 15 Sep, 1933 – 29 Aug, 1935	Succeeded by Noel F. Laurence as Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers
Preceded by Frank F. Rose	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 15 May, 1936 – 21 Jun, 1938	Succeeded by John G. Crace
Preceded by John H. D. Cunningham as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air)	Fifth Sea Lord 19 Jul, 1938 – 28 Nov, 1939	Succeeded by Sir Guy C. C. Royle