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Ramsay was superseded as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the Royal Naval Air Services on 21 November, 1939, by [[Guy Charles Cecil Royle]].<ref>Royle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 171.</ref>
  
 
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==See Also==

Revision as of 12:59, 13 March 2015

THE HONOURABLE Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay ( – ) 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 appointed in command of the light cruiser Calcutta in August, 1924.[5]

Ramsay was superseded as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the Royal Naval Air Services on 21 November, 1939, by Guy Charles Cecil Royle.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sidney B. Mainguy
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris
15 Jul, 1919[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry K. Kitson
Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta
Aug, 1924[8]
Succeeded by
Andrew Browne Cunningham

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. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 171.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 1816.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.