John Irvine Murray

General Sir John Irvine Murray, (31 July 1826 – 20 May 1902) was a Scottish commanding officer of the British Indian Army.

Career 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.

Their daughter Agnes Meade Murray married Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Woollcombe, and had two sons and a daughter. Agnes's younger son was killed in action in the First World War while serving with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at the Battle of La Bassée. Their daughter, Brigadier Mary Stewart Murray of the Salvation Army, was decorated for her work in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Mons Star in the First World War.

He died in 1902 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.