Alexander Edward (8th Earl of Dunmore) Murray, V.C.

1871 - 1962  (90 years)

• 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	First tree
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Mother	Lady Gertrude Coke,   b. 1847   d. 28 Nov 1943 (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F47145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.