James Ramsay (Australian governor)
- James Ramsay (Australian governor)
Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC (27 Aug 1916, Hobart, Tasmania - 1 May 1986, Broadbeach, Queensland).
Served as Governor of Queensland, Australia from 22 April 1977 until 21 July 1985 [cite news
title=Queensland Governors
date=5 August 2003
publisher=Queensland Government
url =http://www.qld.gov.au/about_queensland/history/queensland_governors.html
accessdate = 2008-04-04 ]
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 [cite news
title = Former governor dies
pages = 12
publisher = The Australian
date = 2 May 1986 ]
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