The Earl of Dalhousie | |
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2nd Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
In office 8 October 1957 – May 1963 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Sir Roy Welensky |
Preceded by | The Lord Llewellin |
Succeeded by | Sir Humphrey Gibbs (acting) |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
In office 1950–1999 | |
Preceded by | John Gilbert Ramsay, 15th Earl of Dalhousie |
Succeeded by | James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie |
Member of the British Parliament for Forfarshire | |
In office 1945–1950 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 October 1914 |
Died | 15 July 1999 |
Spouse |
Margaret Stirling
(m. 1940; died 1997) |
Children | 5, including James |
Parent(s) | Arthur Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie Lady Mary Heathcote-Drummond |
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE, MC, DL (17 October 1914 – 15 July 1999), styled The Honourable Simon Ramsay between 1928 and 1950, was a British land owner, Scottish Unionist Party politician and colonial governor.