Royal Naval Biography/Ramage, William
WILLIAM RAMAGE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]
Was originally before the mast. We first find him serving on board the Iris frigate. Captain George Lumsdaine, in May, 1793. He obtained a commission. Mar. 14, 1799; and subsequently served as signal and flag-lieutenant to Earl St. Vincent. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Mar. 23, 1807; and he was posted, while commanding the Cherokee brig, Jan. 1, 1817. He died in Jan. 1828.