Rt. Hon. James Edward Ramsden, PC

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Rt. Hon. James Edward Ramsden, PC, son of Captain Edward Ramsden, MC and Geraldine Ramsden, OBE. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford (MA).

PC 1963; Director, Prudential Assurance Co., Ltd. since 1972 (Deputy Chairman, since 1976); Commissioned 1942, served North West Europe with Rifle Brigade, 1944-45. MP (C) Harrogate, WR Yorks., March 1954-February 1974. PPS to Home Secretary, November 1959-October 1960; Under-Secretary and Financial Secretary, War Office, October 1960-October 1963; Secretary of State for War, 1963-64; Ministry of Defence for the Army, April-October 1964. Director, UK Cables, 1971; London Clinic 1973. Member, Historic Buildings Council for England, 1971-72. Master West of Yore Foxhounds 1960-69.

Clubs: Brook's, Pratt's.

James Edward Ramsden PC (1 November 1923 – 29 March 2020) was a British Conservative politician. He was the last person to hold the office of Secretary of State for War. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ramsden_(politician)

James married Juliet Barbara Anna Ponsonby on 25 Jun 1949 in Wootton, Oxfordshire. Juliet (daughter of Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD and The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, JP) was born in 1923 in 2 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London; died on 21 Nov 2019. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden was born in 1950.
2. George Edward Ramsden was born on 12 Jun 1953; died on 7 Apr 2019.
3. Richard Ashley Ramsden was born in 1954.
4. Emma Juliet Geraldine Ramsden was born in 1957.
5. Charlotte Mary Rose Ramsden was born in 1960; died in 1991.

Edward married Geraldine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]