Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC DL |
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| Minister of Pensions | |
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In office 30 July 1936 – 7 June 1939 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister |
Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Robert Hudson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Womersley, Bt |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 7 June 1939 – 3 April 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| President of the Board of Education | |
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In office 3 April 1940 – 20 July 1941 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister |
Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| Succeeded by | R. A. Butler |
| Governor-General of Ceylon | |
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In office 6 July 1949 – 17 July 1954 |
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| Monarch | George VI Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1887 |
| Died | 30 January 1971 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC DL (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971) was a British Conservative politician. He served as a government minister between 1931 and 1941 and served as Governor-General of Ceylon between the years 1949 and 1954.
Ramsbotham was the son of Herwald Ramsbotham, of Crowborough Warren (son of James Ramsbotham and Jane Fielden), and Ethel Margaret Bevan.
Ramsbotham was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in 1915 and was promoted to temporary Captain later the same year. He was promoted to temporary Major by 1918 and received the Military Cross. He was appointed an OBE in 1919 and relinquished his commission that year.
Ramsbotham was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster in 1929. In 1931 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education by Ramsay MacDonald, a post he retained when Stanley Baldwin became Prime Minister in June 1935, and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries between November 1935 and July 1936. In September 1936 he was made Minister of Pensions by Baldwin. He continued in this office when Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister in May 1937. In June 1939 he was appointed First Commissioner of Works and sworn of the Privy Council.
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