Murray Hammick

Sir Murray Love Hammick KCSI CIE
Member of the Council of State (India)
In office August 16, 1915 – November 7, 1921
Governor General	Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Governor of Madras (acting)
In office March 30, 1912 – October 30, 1912
Governor General	The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
Preceded by	Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
Succeeded by	John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
In office 1908–1912
Governor	Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
Personal details
Born	May 11, 1854(1854-05-11)
Died	March 4, 1936(1936-03-04) (aged 81) United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Ada Constance Searle
Religion	Christian

Sir Murray Love Hammick KCSI CIE (b. May 11, 1854 - d. March 4, 1936) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from March 30, 1912 to October 30, 1912.

Early life

Murray Hammick was born on May 11, 1854 to Rev. Sir Vincent Love Hammick (1806-1888) and Mary Alexander.^[1]

In the Indian Civil Service

Muray Hammick graduated from the Fell King's College and joined the Indian Civil Service after clearing the exams in 1875.^[1][2]He arrived in India on December 18, 1877 and served as Sub Collector in the Madras President and as Asssistant 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.^[1] 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 till the arrival of the governor-designate John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland in October 1912.^[1]

Governor of Madras

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

Post-gubernatorial 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.

Family

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.

• Lorna Mary Hammick
• Dorothy Constance Hammick
• Lucy Mabel Hammick
• Major Henry Alexander Hammick, OBE, MC. (1890-1968) 6th Bn Manchester Regt, co-inventor of HAMEL PLUTO D-Day pipeline system.
• John Murray Hammick

Honours

Hammick was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901. He was made a Companion of the order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1907 and raised to a KCSI 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.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Murray Hammick". http://thepeerage.com/p43022.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Great Britain. India Office (1924). The India office and Burma office list. pp. 517. 
3. ^ "PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTERS ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL OF MADRAS OR OF PRESIDENCY OF MADRAS". District Grand Lodge Madras. http://www.dglmadras.org.in/dgms_of_madras.htm. 

Works

• 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

• 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 {{{before}}}	Inspector-General of police (Madras Presidency) 1894-1906	Succeeded by {{{after}}}
Preceded by {{{before}}}	Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras 1906-1908	Succeeded by {{{after}}}
Preceded by {{{before}}}	Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras 1908-1912	Succeeded by {{{after}}}
Preceded by Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael	Governor of Madras March 30, 1912 - October 30,1912	Succeeded by John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Preceded by {{{before}}}	Member of the Council of State (India) August 16, 1915 - November 7, 1921	Succeeded by {{{after}}}