Freeman Murray

General Freeman Murray CB (16 November 1804 – 14 April 1885) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.[3]

Freeman Murray
Freeman Murray
Born	16 November 1804[1] Valenciennes, France[2]
Died	14 April 1885 (aged 80)[3] Florence, Italy[3]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Chatham District Eastern District
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Murray was born in France, the son of General John Murray and his second wife, Canadian Maria Pascoe.

Military career

Murray was commissioned as an ensign in the 64th Regiment of Foot on 5 March 1825.[4] After commanding the 72nd Regiment of Foot, he served as Governor of Bermuda from 1854 to 1859 and again from 1860 to 1861.[5]

He went on to be General Officer Commanding, Chatham District in January 1867 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1870.[6]

Murray was also Colonel of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot from 1873 to 1875,[7] the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot from 1875 to 1876 [8] and the Second Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps from 1876 to 1895.[9]

In 1832, he married Catherine Elizabeth Dundas, daughter of Hon. Charles Lawrence Dundas and granddaughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas.[10]

References

1. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
2. UK, Officer Service Records, 1764–1932
3. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 18 April 1885. p. 10.
4. "No. 18114". The London Gazette. 24 February 1825. p. 370.
5. "Governors of Bermuda". Government of Bermuda. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
7. "57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. "93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. "King's Royal Rifle Corps". British Empire. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
10. Lodge, Edmund (1856). The Peerage of the British Empire. p. 591. Retrieved 25 February 2020.