Alexander Edward Tatham Murray

1879 - 1957  (78 years)

• Name	Alexander Edward Tatham Murray  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	26 Mar 1879	Ceylon   [1, 3, 5]
  Residence	Apr 1891	13 Lunham Rd, Norwood   [1]
  	with grandmother Mary Elizabeth Saunders
  Occupation	1904	Orange Grove Rd, Singapore ; Assistant, Boustead & Co  [2]
  	Founded in 1828 by Edward Boustead, an English businessman, as a trading company. Expanded into finance, tin, rubber, palm oil and petroleum. Split into Malaysian and Singapore companies in 1971, both still trading very successfully in 2015.
  Marriage	21 Dec 1914	Penang, Malaya?
  	Ada Margaret May Findlay,   b. 13 Dec 1881, China? ,   d. 21 Jul 1961, Chetwode, London Rd, Wokingham
  Residence	- Jun 1919	39 Northam Rd, George Town, Penang, Malaya   [6]
  Event	21 Jun 1919	Burglary  [6]
  		Alexander Edward Tatham Murray and family Newspaper report of burglary at their home in Penang, 21 Jun 1919
  Residence	Jul 1919 -	Spring Grove, Sepoy Lines, Penang, Malaya   [6]
  Residence	abt 1933 - 1934	45 Ebrington Rd, Kenton   [7]
  	resid: Alexander Edward Tatham Murray; Ada Margaret Murray; George Leslie Findlay Hilton; Ivy Edna Murray Hilton.
  Residence	1953	Merton Lodge, Wokingham   [8]
  Residence	abt 1954 - 1957	Chetwode, London Rd, Wokingham   [4, 8]
  Death	20 Jul 1957	Chetwode, London Rd, Wokingham   [3, 4]
  Probate	16 Sep 1957	Oxford ; £7,015 5s. 7d.  [4]
  	Murray Alexander Edward Tatham of Chetwode London-road Wokingham Berkshire died 20 July 1957 Probate Oxford 16 September to Ailsa Lola Murray spinster. Effects £7015 5s. 7d. [NPC]
  Notes	Speaking at the annual meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A.E. T. Murray said if the Government wished to get the best out of the place, and if the place was to be run in a proper manner and give security, Government must run their services properly. He gave two cases that had recently come to his notice of Government servants being underpaid. One was the Harbour Master, a man of over 50 years and considerable experience, who was sent to Penang on just under $400 a month. He called that scandalous. A certain Police Inspector in Relau with a good number of years' experience and who had been to the war was drawing under $200 a month.Another scandalous case. There were many others. These matters were very much the concern of the public, for the public had a right to expect the best of service from Government servants, and this was not being brought about by present Government methods. [The Straits Times, 27 Mar 1920]
  Person ID	I1510	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Descendant
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexander Murray,   b. Jan 1850, Ceylon ,   d. 22 Apr 1910, 22 Beaumont St, Marylebone  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Mary Louisa Tatham,   b. 09 Mar 1859, Colombo ,   d. 17 Nov 1946, Kensington  (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1877	[5]
  Family ID	F0067	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada Margaret May Findlay,   b. 13 Dec 1881, China? ,   d. 21 Jul 1961, Chetwode, London Rd, Wokingham  (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1914	Penang, Malaya?   [5]
  Children	1. Douchska Sonia Murray,   b. 20 Mar 1915, Penang, Malaya? ,   d. 07 Nov 2004, Truro  (Age 89 years)   2. Ailsa Lola Irene Murray,   b. 30 Jul 1918, 39 Northam Rd, George Town, Penang, Malaya ,   d. 09 Dec 2009, Cornwall  (Age 91 years)
  Photos		Alexander Edward Tatham Murray & family England, early 1950s
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F0068	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 12 [S40] Official Journal, Straits Settlements Government Gazette, 1904. List of Qualified Jurors, Singapore [S02] BMD Index, death reg Wokingham, 3Q1957. Alexander E T Murray age 78 [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S11] Newspaper, Straits Times, 25 Jun 1919. News article [S25] Electoral Registers. [S17] Telephone Directories.