Keith Ramsay (mayor)

Keith Ramsay (1844–1906) was Mayor of Dunedin from 1874 to 1875.

Keith Ramsay, Mayor of Dunedin

Ramsay was born in Perthshire in 1844, and 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.[1] Ramsay died in Dunedin on the 3rd of May 1906, leaving nine children.[2]

References
  1. Griffiths, George (September 2005). "Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin. 51.
  2. "Obituary". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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