1871 - 1962 (90 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Edward (8th Earl of Dunmore) Murray |
| Suffix |
V.C. |
| Birth |
22 Apr 1871 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Jan 1962 |
London, England  |
| Person ID |
I194811 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
9 Sep 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Alexander Edward Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore VC DSO MVO DL (22 April 1871 – 29 January 1962), known by the courtesy title Viscount Fincastle until 1907, was a Scottish peer, soldier and politician.
During the fighting at Nawa Bali, in Upper Swat, on the 17th August, 1897, Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Adams proceeded with Lieutenants H. L. S. MacLean and Viscount Fincastle, and five men of the Guides, under a very heavy and close fire, to the rescue of Lieutenant R. T. Greaves, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by the enemy's swordsmen. In bringing him under cover he (Lieutenant Greaves) was struck by a bullet and killed — Lieutenant MacLean was mortally wounded — whilst the horses of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams and Lieutenant Viscount Fincastle were shot, as well as two troop horses.
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