RAMSAY, Maj-Gen Charles Alexander CB OBE (1936-2017)
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Richard R
Jan 5, 2018, 7:48:17 AM1/5/18
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From the Telegraph and Times of 5 January 2018: RAMSAY Major General Charles Alexander, aged 81, died peacefully at home on 31st December 2017. Much loved by Mary, his children William, Rowena, Camilla and Charlie, and all his grandchildren. Service of Thanksgiving on Thursday 25th January 2018 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kelso at 2pm. No flowers please, donations if desired to The Regimental Trust of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards c/o Home HQ SCOTS DG, The Castle, Edinburgh.
He was s of Adm Sir Bertram Home RAMSAY KCB KBE MVO (1883-ka 1945), scion of the Bts of that name cr 1806, and Helen Margaret MENZIES (c1903-93). He m 1967 Hon Mary Margaret Hastings MACANDREW (b 1942) d of 1st Baron MACANDREW (1888-1979) and his 2nd w Marion Eleanor Bonthron MITCHELL (c1905-94), and had two sons and two daus as above.
colinp
Jan 25, 2018, 2:30:54 PM1/25/18
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Obituary in Daily Telegraph print edition 25 January 2018 - online Premium here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/01/24/major-general-charles-ramsay-obituary/
colinp
Jan 26, 2018, 5:13:55 AM1/26/18
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According to yesterday’s Court Circular the Duke of Kent represented the Queen at the Service of Thanksgiving for his Life held yesterday afternoon at St Andrew’s Church Belmont Place Kelso
Richard R
Apr 2, 2018, 12:20:42 AM4/2/18
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Times obit (just over 3 months after his death): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/major-general-charles-ramsay-obituary-9x67jxdmb
EXTRACT:
A lifelong friend was the Duke of Kent, a fellow officer in the Royal Scots Greys, which were amalgamated into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1971. The duke had also lost his father, Prince George, in an air crash during the Second World War. The two shared an enthusiasm for sports cars. The duke favoured an Aston Martin, Ramsay preferred a Jaguar.
A biography of the duke records their rivalry. “It was quite ‘normal’ for Prince Edward [the duke] and Charles to race down the A1 to London (with far less traffic in those days) to attend a smart party and be back in Catterick in time for the morning parades.”
Charles Alexander Ramsay was born in North Berwick, East Lothian, in 1936. His father’s family were the Ramsay baronets of Balmain, Kincardineshire; his mother, Margaret, was from the family who founded the John Menzies newsagent chain. She once saved Charles from drowning in strong currents off a beach near their home. She also encouraged his riding.
In 1961 he met Mary MacAndrew, the daughter of Charles Glen MacAndrew, a former MP, at a point-to-point meeting. They married six years later at St Margaret’s, Westminster. The reception was at the House of Lords, where the Duke of Kent’s son George, the Earl of St Andrews, was a page.
The couple had four children: William, who was a captain in his father’s regiment and founded the Affordable Art Fair; Rowena, who worked in horse racing and set up a floral business; Camilla, who runs an event management firm; and Charlie, who founded an internet business letting university rooms.
The highlight of his military career had come in 1978, when he commanded his regiment’s tercentenary parade through Edinburgh. The Duke of Kent took the salute and the Queen danced at the regiment ball. Yet, like much of his life, it did not pass without incident. He had persuaded the city council to let the regiment drive their Chieftain tanks along Princes Street. “We only destroyed one traffic light and a roundabout,” one officer recalled.
EXTRACT:
A lifelong friend was the Duke of Kent, a fellow officer in the Royal Scots Greys, which were amalgamated into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1971. The duke had also lost his father, Prince George, in an air crash during the Second World War. The two shared an enthusiasm for sports cars. The duke favoured an Aston Martin, Ramsay preferred a Jaguar.
A biography of the duke records their rivalry. “It was quite ‘normal’ for Prince Edward [the duke] and Charles to race down the A1 to London (with far less traffic in those days) to attend a smart party and be back in Catterick in time for the morning parades.”
Charles Alexander Ramsay was born in North Berwick, East Lothian, in 1936. His father’s family were the Ramsay baronets of Balmain, Kincardineshire; his mother, Margaret, was from the family who founded the John Menzies newsagent chain. She once saved Charles from drowning in strong currents off a beach near their home. She also encouraged his riding.
In 1961 he met Mary MacAndrew, the daughter of Charles Glen MacAndrew, a former MP, at a point-to-point meeting. They married six years later at St Margaret’s, Westminster. The reception was at the House of Lords, where the Duke of Kent’s son George, the Earl of St Andrews, was a page.
The couple had four children: William, who was a captain in his father’s regiment and founded the Affordable Art Fair; Rowena, who worked in horse racing and set up a floral business; Camilla, who runs an event management firm; and Charlie, who founded an internet business letting university rooms.
The highlight of his military career had come in 1978, when he commanded his regiment’s tercentenary parade through Edinburgh. The Duke of Kent took the salute and the Queen danced at the regiment ball. Yet, like much of his life, it did not pass without incident. He had persuaded the city council to let the regiment drive their Chieftain tanks along Princes Street. “We only destroyed one traffic light and a roundabout,” one officer recalled.
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