Alexander Robertson Murray

Sir Alexander Robertson Murray, KCIE, (1872 - 1956) was a former President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce.

The son of a Scottish railway official, as a young accountant he went out to Calcutta, working his way up to become head of two firms based in Clive Street, then the bastion of English mercantile trade in imperial Calcutta. He was evidently a prominent figure in the commercial life of Bengal, becoming President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and representing it in the Bengal Legislature. He sat on various committees and commissions relating to Indian business and economics. In recognition of his work he was made C.B.E in 1916, knighted in 1921 and created Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.C.I.E.) in 1936. On retiring from Bengal in 1928 he moved to England where he was appointed director on numerous company boards, as well as being on the governing body of the School of Oriental and African Studies. He and his wife Margaret (nee Grant) had a son and two daughters. The Times of 19th April 1944 carried a notice of the marriage of Captain A. Grant Murray, The Seaforth Highlanders, only son of Sir Alexander Murray, K.C.I.E, C.B.E., and Lady Murray, Uplands, Hughenden to Pamela Mary Upham, A.T.S. Tragically Captain Murray was to die later that year whilst serving with his regiment, probably in Normandy. His name is included on the plaque in the north aisle of Hughenden Parish Church which commemorates the men of the parish who died on active service during World War II.