Ramsay was born in Hampton Court Palace, into an old family (see Ramsay Baronets). His parents were Brigadier General William Alexander Ramsay and Susan Newcombe Minchener. He attended Colchester Royal Grammar School

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Ramsay joined the Royal Navy in 1898. As a naval cadet, he was posted to HMS Crescent in April 1899. Later serving on HMS Britannia, he became a midshipmanwithin a year. By the

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During the First World War, Ramsay was given his first command, HMS M25, a small monitor, in August 1915. For two years his ship was part of the Dover Patroloff the Belgian coast. Promoted to commander on 30 June 1916, in October 1917 he took command of

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On 2 January 1945, Ramsay was killed when his plane crashed on takeoff at Toussus-le-Noble Airportsouthwest of Paris. He was en route to

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• Mentioned in Despatches – 1918, 1940
• Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB) – 1940
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
• Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

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A statue of Ramsay was erected in November 2000 at Dover Castle, close to where he had planned the Dunkirk evacuation. His name also

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Ramsay retired from the navy in 1938, but was coaxed out of retirement by Winston Churchill one year later to help deal with the Axis threat. Promoted to vice-admiral, he was named Commander-in-Chief, Doveron 24 August 1939. His duties included overseeing the defence

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