Sir John Antony Jerningham Murray was an honorary adviser to the Barbadian Government on matters relating to sugar and trade. He was the eldest son of Captain John Jock Challenger Murray and his wife, Cecilia (née Jerningham), and also grandson of Sir John Murray, the oceanographer. For his services to Barbados and the Barbadian Government he was recognised in Queen Elizabeth’s Honours fourteen years after its independence, being appointed a CBE in the 1980 New Year Honours, and later in the April 1987 Birthday Honours, a knighthood.
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21 January 1921 Oaksey, Wiltshire, England
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Died |
3 April 2002 (aged 81)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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