James Wolfe Murray

Sir

James Murray
General Sir James Murray as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1905
Born(1853-03-13)13 March 1853
Ireland
Died17 October 1919(1919-10-17) (aged 66)
Cringletie, Peebleshire, Scotland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1872–1917
RankLieutenant-General
CommandsEastern Command
Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Scottish Command
9th (Secunderabad) Division
Battles/warsFourth Anglo-Ashanti War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class (Russia)
Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan)

Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray KCB (13 March 1853 – 17 October 1919) was a British Army officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, Second Boer War and First World War. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff three months after the start of the First World War, but was ineffectual and was replaced in September 1915 following the failure of the Dardanelles campaign.