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Admiral THE HONOURABLE Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay, G.C.V.D., 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.[1]

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 29 May, 1910.[2]

On 8 February, 1913, he was appointed to Excellent to re-qualify for gunnery duties,[3] then being appointed gunnery officer of Indefatigable on 17 June, 1913.[4]

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.[5]

Post-War

Ramsay was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1919.[6]

Ramsay was appointed in command of the light cruiser Calcutta on 15 August, 1924.[7]

Ramsay was made a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty on 19 July, 1938, vice John H. D. Cunningham.[8]

Ramsay was superseded as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the Royal Naval Air Services on 21 November, 1939, by Guy Charles Cecil Royle.[9]

See Also

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sidney B. Mainguy 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris
15 Jul, 1919[10][11] 		Succeeded by
Guy W. Hallifax
Preceded by
Hubert S. Monroe 		Captain of H.M.S. Dunedin
16 Nov, 1922[12] – after 31 Aug, 1923[13] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alister F. Beal 		Captain of H.M.S. Chatham
c. Jan, 1924[14] 		Succeeded by
Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by
Wilfrid A. Egerton 		Captain of H.M.S. Southampton
1924[15] – 16 Aug, 1924[16] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry K. Kitson 		Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta
15 Aug, 1924[17] – 11 May, 1926[18] 		Succeeded by
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Preceded by
Wilmot S. Nicholson 		Captain of H.M.S. Furious
23 Apr, 1928[19] – Sep, 1929[20] 		Succeeded by
Everard J. Hardman-Jones
Preceded by
John W. L. McClintock 		Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth
1 Nov, 1929[21] – 2 Nov, 1931[22] 		Succeeded by
Hubert E. Dannreuther
Preceded by
Reginald G. H. Henderson 		Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers
15 Sep, 1933[23] – 29 Aug, 1935[24] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Frank F. Rose 		Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
15 May, 1936[25] – 21 Jun, 1938[26] 		Succeeded by
John G. Crace

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 63.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 67.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 310.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 335.
  5. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 209.
  6. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 209.
  7. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  8. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  9. ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 171.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 1816.
  11. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  12. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  13. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  14. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  15. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  16. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  17. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  18. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  19. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  20. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  21. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  22. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  23. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  24. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  25. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  26. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.

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