James Ramsay (Australian governor)

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Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay, KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC, 27 Aug 1916, Hobart, Tasmania - 01 May 1986, Broadbeach, Queensland.

Served as Governor of Queensland, Australia from April 22, 1977 until July 21, 1985 [1]

He graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1933 and had a distinguished naval career. During World War II he served on British and Australian ships in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. He served as Lieutenant governor of Western Australia from 1974 until 1977 [2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Queensland Governors", Queensland Government, 5 August 2003. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  2. ^ "Former governor dies", The Australian, 2 May 1986, pp. 12. 
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