Sir Patrick Ramsay was a British diplomat who was minister to Greece, Hungary and Denmark.
11 Facts About Patrick Ramsay
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The Honourable Patrick William Maule Ramsay was born on 20 September 1879.
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Patrick Ramsay was the second son of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie and the former Lady Ida Louisa Bennet.
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Patrick Ramsay was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford.
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Patrick Ramsay entered the Diplomatic Service as an attache in 1904 and served in Constantinople, Peking, Paris and St Petersburg before being posted to Stockholm in 1919.
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Patrick Ramsay was moved to a similar post at Rio de Janeiro in 1925 and to Madrid in 1927.
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Patrick Ramsay served as Minister in Athens from 1929 to 1933, Minister and Consul General in Budapest from 1933 to 1935, and Minister in Copenhagen from 1935 to 1939.
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On 15 October 1917, Patrick Ramsay was married to Dorothy Cynthia Tower.
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Sir Patrick Ramsay died on 19 June 1962 at Estoril, Portugal.
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Patrick Ramsay was appointed CMG in 1929 and knighted KCMG in the King's Birthday Honours of 1932.
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Patrick Ramsay retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1939 and lived in Portugal until his death, when he was buried in the British Cemetery, Lisbon.