James Garden Ramsay

The Honourable John James Garden Ramsay (1827[1] – 20 January 1890[2]) was an industrialist and politician in colonial South Australia.

Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the St. Rollox Ironworks in Glasgow, and came to South Australia in 1857, establishing four years later at Mount Barker an agricultural implement and machine manufactory, which represented the starting point of what later grew into the largest business of its kind in the colony.[2]

Ramsay represented Mount Barker in the South Australian Legislative Assembly from 5 April 1870 (along with John Cheriton), and on 7 July 1880 was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council, for which he sat until of his death.[3] Ramsay was Commissioner of Public Works in the Henry Ayers Ministry from January to March 1872 and in the two John Cox Bray governments from June 1881 to June 1884. Ramsay was Chief Secretary under John Cox Bray from 23 April 1884 to 16 June 1884; and under Thomas Playford II from 11 June 1887 to 27 June 1889.[4]

In 1886 Ramsay received the Queen's permission to bear the style of The Honourable within the colony.[5] On 20 January 1890, Ramsay died from injuries sustained when an oil lamp in a railway carriage in which he was travelling burst, showering him with burning kerosene.[2]

Family

James Garden Ramsay married Mary Elliot Robertson ( – 4 May 1876) in 1854. He married again, to Bertha Ellen Horwood (20 December 1854 – 22 November 1942) on 6 December 1883. Bertha was a daughter of Bendigo (originally Adelaide) industrialist Joel Horwood, jnr, (1832–1900).

References

"James Garden Ramsay grave monument details". Gravestone Photos. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
"Obituary". South Australian Register. Adelaide, S.A.: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1890. p. 2 Supplement. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
"Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
"Hon. James Ramsay". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia.
Mennell, Philip (1892). "Ramsay, Hon. John James Garden" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

Parliament of South Australia
Previous: William Rogers	Member of Parliament for Mount Barker 1870–1875 Served alongside: John Cheriton, William West-Erskine	Succeeded by Albert Landseer
Previous: William West-Erskine	Member of Parliament for Mount Barker 1876–1878 Served alongside: Albert Landseer	Succeeded by Francis Stokes
Political offices
Preceded by John Carr	Commissioner of Public Works 1872	Succeeded by Wentworth Cavenagh
Preceded by George Hawker	Commissioner of Public Works 1881–1884	Succeeded by David Bower
Previous: John Bray	Chief Secretary of South Australia 1884	Succeeded by John Colton
Previous: David Murray	Chief Secretary of South Australia 1887–1889	Succeeded by John Cockburn

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[1] "James Garden Ramsay grave monument details". Gravestone Photos. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[obit-2] "Obituary". South Australian Register. Adelaide, S.A.: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1890. p. 2 Supplement. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[3] "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[4] "Hon. James Ramsay". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia.

[Mennell-5] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Ramsay, Hon. John James Garden" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.