John Irvine Murray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Irvine Murray

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1826

Place of Birth: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-May-1902

Profession: military leader

Zodiac Sign: Leo

General Sir John Irvine Murray, (31 July 1826 – 20 May 1902) was a Scottish commanding officer of the British Indian Army.Murray was the son of James Murray of Denholm and Margaret Irvine.He joined the British Indian Army in 1842, serving in the Punjabi campaign of 1848–49.
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, while a captain serving with the Gwalior Contingent, he raised and commanded the famed "Murray's Jat Lancers" (later known as the 14th Bengal Lancers).
His regiment participated in a number of actions in 1857–58, especially at Meerut, Delhi and Lucknow.Murray's Lancers subsequently served in the Bhutan Field Force and formed part of the cavalry brigade of the Kabul Field Force during the 1878–79 Afghanistan War.
In the second Oudh campaign and the operations on the Nepal frontier, he was in command of the regiment, and commanded a column in the final operations in Nepal.He was mentioned in despatches three times, and promoted to the brevet rank of major.
For his services in the Bhutan War, 1864–65, he was appointed a Companion or the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1873 Birthday Honours.
He retired after commanding the Lahore division and was knighted in the same order (KCB) in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours.