Henry Murray (British Army officer)

Sir Henry Murray by William Salter.

General Sir Henry Murray KCB (6 August 1784 – 29 July 1850) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography

Murray, born 6 August 1784, was the fourth son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, and his second wife, Louisa, daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart.[1]

Murray was commissioned a cornet in the 16th Dragoons on 16 May 1800 and a second lieutenant on 11 June 1801. On 26 June 1801 he was promoted to first lieutenant in the 10th Dragoons, and a captain on 24 August 1802. He as a captain in the 20th Dragoons on 5 November 1802. On 26 March 1807 he joined the infantry as major in the 26th Foot, where he remained for three years. On 2 August 1810 he joined the 18th Dragoons as a major. He remained with the 18th Dragoons until end of the Napoleonic Wars, being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment on 2 January 1812.[2] He was present at the battle of Morales (2 June 1813), although suffering from a severe wound in the knee.[1]

Two days after, inflammation set in in the knee, yet he followed the regt. in a spring waggon in rear, till upon the representation of the surgeon that if he went on with the troops he must die, he was sent back to the hospital station at Palencia, where, with abscess and acute rheumatism, he nearly

died

—Col. Malet's Records 18th Hus.[1]

At the Battle of Waterloo he led the regiment in Sir Hussey Vivian's charge at the conclusion of the battle.[1]

During the latter part of his life Murray resided at Wimbledon Lodge, and died there 29 July 1850. There is a memorial to him in St Mary's Church, Wimbledon.[1]

Family

On 28 June 1810 Murray married Emily, daughter of Gerard de Vismé, and had children.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dalton 1904, p. 91.
  2. ↑ Philippart 1820, pp. 401-402.

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