John Doran (British Army officer)

Sir John Doran
Born (1824-10-02)2 October 1824
Ireland
Died 25 September 1903(1903-09-25) (aged 78)
Surrey, England
Service/branch East India Company, 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Rank General
Awards KCB

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] His In 1893, whilst serving as a senior officer (a lieutenant general) in India he was knighted (KCB).[6][7] He was promoted full general on 1 April 1894.[8]

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

He married Georgina Sultana Magrath in London on 13 November 1856.[10] The Dorans would have four sons and four daughters; three of the sons would have military careers and serve as officers in World War 1. Two would retire in the rank of general. One daughter would marry a senior British Army officer, and another daughter would serve as a sister in the Army Nursing Service, and died after contracting gastritis whilst nursing at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, during the 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

  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
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