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Keith Ramsay

Keith Ramsay

Mayor of Dunedin 1874–1875

For the Jamaican actor and comedian, see Keith 'Shebada' Ramsay. For the American baseball player, see Keith Ramsey.

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

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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. [1]
    "Obituary". Evening Star. No. 12804. 4 May 1906. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. [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. [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. [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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