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About Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie, KCB
GENERAL SIR JAMES WOLFE MURRAY, KCB
British Army officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff three months after the start of World War I, but was ineffectual and was replaced in September 1915 following the failure of the Dardanelles campaign
General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB., is the son of James Wolfe Murray (1814-90), and his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte Whyte-Melville. He was born on 13 March 1853 and died on 17 October 1919
Wikipedia: James Wolfe Murray
Biographical Summary
"(354) Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, K.C.B., of Cringletie, born 13th March 1853. Married 14th May 1875, Arabella, daughter of W. Bray, who died 1909, having had :
- George Wolfe Murray, born 27th June 1876.
- James Wolfe Murray, born 9th June 1880.
ARMS in Burke's Armory. - Or, a fetterlock azure; on a chief of the second three stars argent ; a bordure gules. CREST : A dexter hand, proper holding a scroll. MOTTO : "Deum time."
SOURCE: The heraldry of the Murrays: with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees, by G. Harvey Johnston, 1910, page 85, paragraph 354
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Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie, KCB's Timeline
| 1853 |
March 13, 1853
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Ireland
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| 1876 |
June 27, 1876
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Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India
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1878
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| 1880 |
June 9, 1880
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| 1881 |
October 22, 1881
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Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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| 1919 |
October 17, 1919
Age 66
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He died from a heart attack at his home at Cringletie, Peeblesshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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