Admiral Sir Charles Gordon Ramsey, KCB (4 December 1882 – 19 December 1966) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland. He was later appointed aide de camp to King George VI.

Naval career

Ramsey joined the

as a cadet in 1897.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> As a midshipman, he was posted to the

protected cruiser Protected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers re ...

HMS ''Charybdis'' in early 1900. He was promoted to

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on 30 June 1904, and commander on 31 December 1915. He served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, at one time as captain of HMS ''Pasley'', and was present at the Battle of Jutland. He was appointed Commander of the

2nd Battle Squadron The 2nd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 2nd Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, ...

in 1935 and

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI) was a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It was based at HM Naval Base Clyde, and the holder of the post was the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland. The post of FOS ...

in 1939, serving in that role during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

until retirement in 1942.

Family

In 1912, Ramsey married Lucy Clare Hancock; they had one child, a daughter, Patricia, who married Commander Henry de Chair in 1936.Charles Ramsey
The Peerage

References

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