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{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix =  
| honorific-prefix =  
| name = Sir Murray Love Hammick
| name         = Sir Murray Hammick
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]  
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]  
| image =  
| image       =  
| imagesize = 200px
| imagesize   =  
|order1 = Member of the Council of State (India)
| order1       = Member of the [[Council of State (India)]]
|term_start1 = 16 August 1915
| term_start1 = 16 August 1915
| term_end1 = 7 November 1921
| term_end1   = 7 November 1921
| governor-general1= [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]],<br />
| governor-general1= [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|The Viscount Chelmsford]]<br>[[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|The Marquess of Reading]]
[[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading]]
| order2       = [[Governor of Madras]]<br>(Acting)
| order2 = Governor of Madras (acting)
| term_start2 = 30 March 1912
| term_start2 = 30 March 1912
| term_end2   = 30 October 1912
| term_end2 = 30 October 1912
| predecessor2 = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael|The Lord Carmichael]]
| predecessor2 = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]]
| successor2   = [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland|The Lord Pentland]]
| successor2 = [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland]]
| governor-general2 = [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst]]
| governor-general2= [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst]]
| order3       = Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
| order3 = Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
| term_start3 = 1908
| term_start3 = 1908
| term_end3   = 1912
| term_end3 = 1912
| governor3   =  [[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock|The Lord Wenlock]],<br />[[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael|The Lord Carmichael]]
| governor3 =  [[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock]],<br />[[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]]
| birth_name  = Murray Love Hammick
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1854|05|11|df=yes}}
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1854|05|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Tavistock]], Devon, England
| birth_place = [[Tavistock]], Devon, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|03|04|1854|05|11|df=yes}}
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1936|03|04|1854|05|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]
| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]
| nationality = British
| nationality = British
| party =  
| party       =  
| alma_mater =  
| alma_mater   =  
| profession =  
| profession   =  
| occupation =  
| occupation   =
| spouse = Ada Constance Searle
| father      = [[Sir St Vincent Hammick, 2nd Baronet]]
| mother      = Mary Alexander
| spouse       = {{marriage|Ada Constance Searle<br>|11 December 1883||reason=}}
}}
}}


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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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>
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 [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]].<ref name="Mosley2003"/>


== In the Indian Civil Service ==
His paternal grandparents were [[Sir Stephen Hammick, 1st Baronet]], a noted surgeon and physician, and Frances Turquand (a daughter of London merchant Peter Turquand). His maternal grandparents were Robert Alexander and Grace ({{nee}} Blacker) Alexander.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
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" />


== Governor of Madras==
== Career ==
Murray Hammick graduated from the Fell [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] and joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] after clearing the exams in 1875.<ref name="burmalist">{{cite book|title=The India office and Burma office list|page=517|author= Great Britain. India Office|year=1924}}</ref> He arrived in India on 18 December 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. 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.
 
=== Governor of Madras===
Hammick acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.
Hammick acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.


== Post-gubernatorial career ==
=== Later career ===
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.
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.


== Family ==
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001225110/http://www.dglmadras.org.in/dgms_of_madras.htm|archive-date=1 October 2010}}</ref>
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.
 
== 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.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
* Dorothy Constance Hammick (1886–1988), who married Col. Alexander Charles Broughton Mackinnon, son of Col. Walter Carr Mackinnon, in 1921.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
* Henry Alexander Hammick (1890–1968), the Chief Engineer of the [[Iraq Petroleum Company]] and co-inventor of the HAMEL [[Operation Pluto|PLUTO D-Day pipeline system]]; he married Mabel Emily Pilditch, daughter of [[Sir Philip Pilditch, 1st Baronet]] and Emily Mary Lewis, in 1919.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
* Lucy Mabel Hammick (1893–1975), who was appointed Member, [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1920.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
* John Murray Hammick (1901–1902), who died as an infant in India.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>


* Lorna Mary Hammick
Sir Murray died in England on 4 March 1936.<ref name="Mosley2003">Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' [[Wilmington, Delaware]]: [[Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd]], 2003, vol. 2, p. 1754.</ref>
* Dorothy Constance Hammick
* Lucy Mabel Hammick
* 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]].
* John Murray Hammick - died as an infant in India in 1901


== Honours ==
=== Honours ===
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.
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.
== Other interests ==
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>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Works ==
== Works ==
* {{cite book|title=Rural India: land, power, and society under British rule|author=Murray Hammick|year=1930}}
* {{cite book|title=Rural India: land, power, and society under British rule|author=Murray Hammick|year=1930}}
* {{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}}
* {{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|author=Murray Hammick |author2=Mark Wills }}


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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   | title  = Governor of Madras
   | title  = [[Governor of Madras]]
   | years  = 30 March 1912 – 30 October 1912
   | years  = 30 March 1912 – 30 October 1912
  |before = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]]
  |before = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael|The Lord Carmichael]]
| after= [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland]]
| after= [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland|The Lord Pentland]]
   }}
   }}
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   | title  = Member of the Council of State (India)
   | title  = Member of the [[Council of State (India)]]
   | years  = 15 August 1915 – 7 November 1921
   | years  = 15 August 1915 – 7 November 1921
  |before =
  |before =
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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England]]
[[Category:Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England]]
[[Category:British people in British India]]
[[Category:People from the Madras Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 00:40, 30 January 2026

Sir Murray Hammick
KCSI CIE
Member of the Council of State (India)
In office
16 August 1915 – 7 November 1921
Governor-GeneralThe Viscount Chelmsford
The Marquess of Reading
Governor of Madras
(Acting)
In office
30 March 1912 – 30 October 1912
Governor-GeneralThe Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
Preceded byThe Lord Carmichael
Succeeded byThe Lord Pentland
Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
In office
1908–1912
GovernorThe Lord Wenlock,
The Lord Carmichael
Personal details
Born
Murray Love Hammick

(1854-05-11)11 May 1854
Tavistock, Devon, England
Died4 March 1936(1936-03-04) (aged 81)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Ada Constance Searle
​
(
m. after 1883)
Parents

Sir Murray Love Hammick, KCSI CIE (11 May 1854 – 4 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[edit | edit source]

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.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Sir Stephen Hammick, 1st Baronet, a noted surgeon and physician, and Frances Turquand (a daughter of London merchant Peter Turquand). His maternal grandparents were Robert Alexander and Grace (née Blacker) Alexander.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

Murray Hammick graduated from the Fell King's College and joined the Indian Civil Service after clearing the exams in 1875.[2] He arrived in India on 18 December 1877 and served as Sub Collector in the Madras President and as Assistant Commissioner of Coorg.[2] He served as the Inspector-General of police of Madras from 1894 to 1906 when he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Madras government. 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.

Governor of Madras[edit | edit source]

Hammick acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 March 1912 to 30 October 1912.

Later career[edit | edit source]

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.

Hammick was also a prominent freemason and was the provincial grandmaster of the District Grand Lodge of Madras from 1910 to 1914.[3]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

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.[1]
  • Dorothy Constance Hammick (1886–1988), who married Col. Alexander Charles Broughton Mackinnon, son of Col. Walter Carr Mackinnon, in 1921.[1]
  • Henry Alexander Hammick (1890–1968), the Chief Engineer of the Iraq Petroleum Company and co-inventor of the HAMEL PLUTO D-Day pipeline system; he married Mabel Emily Pilditch, daughter of Sir Philip Pilditch, 1st Baronet and Emily Mary Lewis, in 1919.[1]
  • Lucy Mabel Hammick (1893–1975), who was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire in 1920.[1]
  • John Murray Hammick (1901–1902), who died as an infant in India.[1]

Sir Murray died in England on 4 March 1936.[1]

Honours[edit | edit source]

Hammick was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in November 1901.[4] 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.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 2, p. 1754.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Britain. India Office (1924). The India office and Burma office list. p. 517.
  3. ↑ "PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTERS ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL OF MADRAS OR OF PRESIDENCY OF MADRAS". District Grand Lodge Madras. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "No. 27374". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1901. p. 7288.

Works[edit | edit source]

  • Murray Hammick (1930). Rural India: land, power, and society under British rule.
  • Murray Hammick; Mark Wills (1932). 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.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Tour of H.E. the Hon. Sir Murray Hammick, Governor of Madras: Vizagapatam and Godavari, August 6th to 15, 1912. Superintendent, Government Press. 1912.
Preceded by
 Inspector-General of police (Madras Presidency)
1894-1906 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras
1906–1908 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
1908–1912 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
The Lord Carmichael 		Governor of Madras
30 March 1912 – 30 October 1912 		Succeeded by
The Lord Pentland
Preceded by
 Member of the Council of State (India)
15 August 1915 – 7 November 1921 		Succeeded by
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