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Miah William MURPHY |
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MRCS (Eng 1839) |
| Birth |
2 Mar 1817 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Surgeon-Major |
- Source - General Medical Council - UK Medical Registers 1859-1959.
Miah William Murphy
1839 - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
Date of Registration - 1859 Sept 22
1863 - Surgeon - 91st Regiment
1867 - Staff Surgeon-Major - Army
1875 - Deputy Inspector General of Army Hospitals
1879 - 11, Royal Parade, Cheltenham
1883 - Mount Vernon, (65) Sundays Well, Cork
1887 - ditto
1891 - ditto - Last entry
- London Gazette -
80th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon Miah William Murphy, from the 33rd Foot,to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Tardrew, appointed- to the 1st Regiment, of Life Guards. Dated 1st November 1844.
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| Death |
17 Aug 1894 |
Cork  |
- Obituary in the British Medical Journal August 25th 1894. Page 448.
Surgeon-General MIAH WILLIAM MURPHY died at Cork on August 17th (1894), aged 80. He entered the service as Assistant Surgeon, July 22nd 1842, became Surgeon, March 3rd 1854; Surgeon-Major, July 22nd 1862; Deputy Surgeon-General, March 9th 1867; and Honorary Surgeon-General on retirement on half pay, Spetember 1st 1875.
Hart's Army List informs us that he served with the 80th Regiment (of Foot, Staffordshire Volunteers)during the Burmese war of 1852-53, and was present at the taking of Prome. He was also present as staff-surgeon to the Bengal Division with Sir J. Cheape's force at Donabew, where he was wounded. For his services he received the medal with clasp for Pegu.
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1894 Miah William Murphy - Probate
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- New research (Feb 2013) has discovered that Charles Aloysius Murphy's father was not Miah William Murphy, but William Day Murphy, Surgeon Major of Limerick.
- Miah William Murphy's name crops up in the following record -
LDS Collection: India Marriages, 1792-1948
Groom's Name: Francis Henry Braiton Murphy
Groom's Birth Date: 1855
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: Eveline Constance Davidson (1901 Census - living in Sundays Well Road)
Bride's Birth Date: 1865
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1883
Marriage Place: Bellary, Madras, India
Groom's Father's Name: Miah William Murphy
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: Alfred Augustus Davidson
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75025-1
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 521871
Reference Number:
- LDS Ireland CRI records the following -
Name: Francis Henry Swinton Murphy
Registration District: Cork
Event Type: DEATHS
Registration Quarter and Year: Apr - Jun 1892
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Age (at Death): 37
Mother's Maiden Name:
Film Number: 101597
Volume Number: 5
Page Number: 90
Digital Folder Number: 4200679
Image Number: 00141
Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958
Is this the same person as in the previous note?
Is there a transcription error somewhere?
- http://www.maltaramc.com/regsurg/m/murphymw.html#1855
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I1876 |
Mills/Rushton Family History |
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