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John Doran (British Army officer)

Sir John Doran
Born(1824-10-02)2 October 1824
Ireland
Died25 September 1903(1903-09-25) (aged 78)
Surrey, England
Service / branchEast India Company
British Army
RankGeneral
Unit24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
RelationsMajor General Beauchamp Doran (son)
Brigadier General Walter Doran (son)

General Sir John Doran, KCB (2 October 1824 – 25 September 1903)[1][2] was a British Army officer from an established Irish family with links to Irish nobility. He saw extensive service in India and the North West Frontier.[3][4] He had originally taken a commission in one of the East India Company Regiments (the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry) in 1842.[5]

In 1893, whilst serving as a lieutenant general in India, Doran was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[6][7] He was promoted full general on 1 April 1894.[8]

Family

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Doran's younger brother Robert Doran, also a British Army officer, was killed in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852.[9]

Doran married Georgina Sultana Magrath in London on 13 November 1856.[10] The Dorans had four sons and four daughters; three of the sons had military careers and served as officers in the First World War. Two retired in general officer rank. One daughter married a senior British Army officer, and another daughter served as a sister in the Army Nursing Service, and died after contracting gastritis whilst nursing at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, during the Second Boer War.[11]

This military family had strong links with the County Wexford in Ireland. His father was Major John Doran of Ely House, Wexford. General Doran died in Surrey, England.[12] His wife survived him by a further nine years; she died in Wexford, Ireland in 1912.[13]

References

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  1. ^ The baronetage and knightage, by Joseph Foster, page 747.
  2. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
  3. ^ "Published Portraits – Officers and others of Afghanistan campaigns 1878 1879 1880".
  4. ^ Afghan Campaigns of 1878, 1880, Historical Division, Sydney H Shadbolt
  5. ^ The East-India Register and Army List, 1845, F Clark.
  6. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, 2 June 1893. Number 26409.
  7. ^ The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time, Volume 1. Page 265. William Arthur Shaw.
  8. ^ "No. 26519". The London Gazette. 5 June 1894. pp. 3256–3257.
  9. ^ Luscombe, Stephen. "The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies". britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ^ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1921.
  11. ^ Stanton, Ellen (24 May 1902). "South Africa 1902 2 April – June – eGGSA Newspaper Extracts". eggsa.org. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  12. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
  13. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858–1966 & 1973–1995