Keith Ramsay

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Keith Ramsay
Keith Ramsay
Mayor of Dunedin
In office
1874-1875
Personal details
Born(1844-03-04)4 March 1844
Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland
Died3 May 1906(1906-05-03) (aged 62)
Dunedin, New Zealand

Keith Ramsay (4 March 1844 – 3 May 1906) was mayor of Dunedin from 1874 to 1875.

Ramsay was born in the manse of Alyth in Perthshire in 1844. His father, William Ramsay, was a parish minister. He received his education at Blairgowrie.[1] After entering in business in Dundee, left for New Zealand, sailing to Port Chalmers on the Jura in 1862. Ramsay became a ship owner, with the coasting steamers Invercargill and Rimu to his name, and was involved in a variety of Dunedin businesses. He was elected to the council in 1874, and was the Chairman of both the Otago Harbour Board and the Chamber of Commerce, and a director of the National Insurance Company.[2] Ramsay died in Dunedin on 3 May 1906, leaving a widow, three sons and six daughters.[1][3] His fifth daughter, Nora, married the barrister Charles White.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary". Evening Star. No. 12804. 4 May 1906. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ Griffiths, George (September 2005). "Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Obituary". The Press. Vol. LXII, no. 12495. 4 May 1906. p. 6. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Marriages". Otago Witness. No. 2972. 1 March 1911. p. 51. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.


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