Background
Murray Hammick was born on May 11, 1854 to Review Sir Vincent Love Hammick (1806-1888) and Mary Alexander.
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Murray HAMMICK
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Muray Hammick graduated from the Fell King"s College and joined the Indian Civil Service after clearing the exams in 1875.
Career
He arrived in India on December 18, 1877 and served as Sub Collector in the Madras President and as Assistant Commissioner of Coorg. 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 and served from 1908 to March 1912, when he was chosen to act as the till the arrival of the governor-designate John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland in October 1912.
Hammick acted as the from March 30, 1912 to October 30, 1912.
In 1915, Hammick was appointed to the Council of State and served as a member from 1915 to 1922. Murray Hammick married Ada Constance Searle, daughter of Major-General Arthur Thaddeus Searle, on 11 December 1883.
Lorna Mary Hammick Dorothy Constance Hammick Lucy Mabel Hammick Major Henry Alexander Hammick Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Military Cross (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 Iraqi Petroleum Company. During World World War II he worked in the Petroleum Warfare Department and was co-inventor of the HAMEL PLUTO Doctorate-Day pipeline system as well as a lance corporal in the Home Guard.
John Murray Hammick Hammick was also a prominent freemason and was the provincial grandmaster of the District Grand Lodge of Madras from 1910 to 1914.
Achievements
Membership
In 1913, Hammick was appointed member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the Civil Services in India.
Connections
Spouse 1883, Ada Constance,daughter of Major- General A. T. Searle.
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Nationality
British
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1885 - 1886