Sir Richard Ogilvy Ramage, CMG,

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(5 January 1896 – 4 August 1971) was a British colonial administrator.

Career

Born on 5 January 1896, Richard Ogilvy Ramage was the son of John T. Ramage."Ramage, Sir Richard (Ogilvy)"
''Who Was Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 4 April 2018. Following schooling at the

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, Ramage served in the

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and then, after demobilisation, he joined the Administrative Service in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

in 1920, and served in the country until 1935, during the last year as Deputy

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. He then became Assistant to the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, before returning to serve in British colonies in Africa. In 1939, he was appointed Under Secretary in the Gold Coast, and three years later he was appointed Colonial Secretary of

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. He served there until 1950 and then retired, but carried out various special duties in other colonies until 1955, when he was appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission in Uganda (serving for four years); he also chaired the Police Service Commission for two years from 1957. He went on to serve on or chair a range of commissions in African colonies and post-independence governments."Sir Richard Ramage", ''The Times'' (London), 5 August 1971, p. 14. Ramage was appointed a

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in 1942 and

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in 1958. He died on 4 August 1971, aged 75, leaving a widow (Dorothy Frances ''née'' Broome) but no children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramage, Richard 1896 births 1971 deaths British colonial governors and administrators in Africa Colonial secretaries of Sierra Leone Knights Bachelor British expatriates in British Nigeria British expatriates in Gold Coast (British colony) Officers_of_the_Order_of_St_John