James Murray

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 World War I. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff three months after the start of World War I but was ineffectual and was replaced in September 1915 following the failure of the Dardanelles campaign. Born the son of James Wolfe Murray (1814–1890) and Elizabeth Charlotte Murray (née Whyte-Melville) and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Murray was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 12 September 1872. He was promoted to captain on 1 November 1881. After attending Staff College, Camberley he became...