Murray Hammick

Sir Murray Love Hammick, (11 May 18544 March 1936) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.

Early life Murray Hammick was born on 11 May 1854 to Rev. Sir St Vincent Hammick, 2nd Baronet and Mary Alexander. Among his siblings were Sir St Vincent Hammick, 3rd Baronet and the Ven. Ernest Austen Hammick, Archdeacon of Durban and of Zululand. He arrived in India on 18 December 1877 and served as Sub Collector in the Madras President and as Assistant Commissioner of Coorg.

Personal life On 11 December 1883, Hammick married Ada Constance Searle, daughter of Major-General Arthur Thaddeus Searle and Lucy Helen Byne. The couple had two sons and three daughters, including:

Lorna Mary Hammick (1884–1956), who married Norman Dalrymple Shaw, son of J. C. Shaw, in 1911.

Honours Hammick was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in November 1901. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1907 and raised to a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the order in 1911.