Keith Ramsay | |
Office1: | Mayor of Dunedin |
Term1: | 1874-1875 |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1844 |
Birth Place: | Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland |
Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Keith Ramsay (4 March 1844 – 3 May 1906) was mayor of Dunedin from 1874 to 1875.
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.[3] His fifth daughter, Nora, married the barrister Charles White.[4]