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{{Infobox Officeholder<br />
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| name = Sir Murray Love Hammick<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] <br />
| image = <br />
| imagesize = 200px<br />
|order1 = Member of the Council of State (India)<br />
|term_start1 = 16 August 1915<br />
| term_end1 = 7 November 1921<br />
| governor-general1= [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]],<br /><br />
[[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading]]<br />
| order2 = Governor of Madras (acting)<br />
| term_start2 = 30 March 1912<br />
| term_end2 = 30 October 1912<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]]<br />
| successor2 = [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland]]<br />
| governor-general2= [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst]]<br />
| order3 = Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras<br />
| term_start3 = 1908<br />
| term_end3 = 1912<br />
| governor3 = [[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock]],<br />[[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1854|05|11|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tavistock]], Devon, England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|03|04|1854|05|11|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| nationality = British<br />
| party = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = <br />
| occupation = <br />
| spouse = Ada Constance Searle<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sir Murray Love Hammick''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|CIE}} (11 May 1854{{snd}}4 March 1936) was an Indian civil servant and [[Administrator of the Government|administrator]] who acted as the [[Governor of Madras]] from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Murray Hammick was born on 11 May 1854 to Rev. Sir Vincent Love Hammick Bart (1806-1888) and Mary Alexander.<ref name="peerage">{{cite web|title=Murray Hammick|url=http://thepeerage.com/p43022.htm|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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== In the Indian Civil Service ==<br />
Muray Hammick graduated from the Fell King's College and joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] after clearing the exams in 1875.<ref name="peerage" /><ref name="burmalist">{{cite book|title=The India office and Burma office list|pages=517|author= Great Britain. India Office|year=1924}}</ref> He arrived in India on December 18, 1877 and served as Sub Collector in the Madras President and as Assistant Commissioner of [[Coorg]].<ref name="burmalist" /> He served as the Inspector-General of police of Madras from 1894 to 1906 when he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Madras government.<ref name="peerage" /> In 1908, Hammick was appointed to the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras and served from 1908 to March 1912, when he was chosen to act as the Governor of Madras until the arrival of the governor-designate [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland]] in October 1912.<ref name="peerage" /><br />
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== Governor of Madras==<br />
Hammick acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.<br />
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== Post-gubernatorial career ==<br />
In 1913, Hammick was appointed member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the Civil Services in India. In 1915, Hammick was appointed to the Council of State and served as a member from 1915 to 1922.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
Murray Hammick married Ada Constance Searle, daughter of Major-General Arthur Thaddeus Searle, on 11 December 1883. The couple had two sons and three daughters.<br />
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* Lorna Mary Hammick<br />
* Dorothy Constance Hammick<br />
* Lucy Mabel Hammick<br />
* Major Henry Alexander Hammick {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|MC}} (1890–1968), after obtaining an engineering degree from Cambridge University he became a major in the 6th Battalion of the [[Manchester Regiment]] and saw service during [[World War I]]. After the war he rose to Chief Engineer of the [[Iraq Petroleum Company]]. During [[World War II]] he worked in the [[Petroleum Warfare Department]] and was co-inventor of the HAMEL [[Operation Pluto|PLUTO D-Day pipeline system]] as well as a lance corporal in the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]].<br />
* John Murray Hammick - died as an infant in India in 1901<br />
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== Honours ==<br />
Hammick was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in November 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27374 |date=9 November 1901 |page=7288 |supp=y}}</ref> 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.<br />
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== Other interests ==<br />
Hammick was also a prominent [[freemason]] and was the provincial grandmaster of the District Grand Lodge of Madras from 1910 to 1914.<ref name="dgl_madras">{{cite web|title=PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTERS ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL OF MADRAS OR OF PRESIDENCY OF MADRAS|url=http://www.dglmadras.org.in/dgms_of_madras.htm|publisher=District Grand Lodge Madras|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001225110/http://www.dglmadras.org.in/dgms_of_madras.htm|archivedate=1 October 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== Works ==<br />
* {{cite book|title=Rural India: land, power, and society under British rule|author=Murray Hammick|year=1930}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Historical sketches of the south of India: in an attempt to trace the history of Mysoor from the origin of the Hindoo Government of that state to the extinction of the Mohammedan dynasty in 1799, Volume 2: Historical Sketches of the South of India: In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of that State to the Extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799|year=1932|authors=Murray Hammick, Mark Wills}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book|title=Tour of H.E. the Hon. Sir Murray Hammick, Governor of Madras: Vizagapatam and Godavari, August 6th to 15, 1912|publisher=Superintendent, Government Press|year=1912}}<br />
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