Editing David Murray Anderson

{{short description|British naval officer and politician}}
{{other people|David Anderson}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
| name                = Sir Murray Anderson
| honorific-suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|KCMG|MVO}}
| image               = David Murray Anderson.jpg
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Anderson at Government House upon his arrival in Sydney
| order1              = 28th
| office1             = Governor of New South Wales
| monarch1            = [[Edward VIII]]
| lieutenant1         = [[Philip Whistler Street|Sir Philip Street]]
| premier1            = [[Bertram Stevens (politician)|Bertram Stevens]]
| term_start1         = 6 August 1936
| term_end1           = 30 October 1936
| predecessor1        = [[Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie|The Lord Gowrie]]
| successor1          = [[John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst|The Lord Wakehurst]]
| office2             = Governor of Newfoundland
| order2              = 66th
| monarch2            = [[George V]]
| primeminister2      = [[Frederick C. Alderdice]]
| predecessor2        = [[John Middleton (administrator)|John Middleton]]
| successor2          = [[Humphrey T. Walwyn]]
| term_start2         = 20 October 1932
| term_end2           = 12 January 1936
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1874|4|11|df=y}}
| birth_place         = Newton-by-Chester, [[Cheshire]], England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1936|10|30|1874|4|11|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| spouse              = Dame Edith Muriel Anderson<br/>(née Teschemaker)
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| allegiance          = United Kingdom
| branch              = [[Royal Navy]]
| serviceyears        = 1887–1932
| rank                = [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
| commands            = [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Africa Station]] (1926–29)<br/>[[Commander-in-Chief, China|China Station]] (1925)<br/>{{HMS|Ajax|1912|6}} (1918–19)<br/>{{HMS|Hyacinth|1898|6}} (1913–17)
| battles             = [[Anglo-Ashanti wars|Ashanti campaign]]<br/>[[First World War]]
* [[East African campaign (World War I)|East African campaign]]
| mawards             = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]]<br/>[[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Knight of the Order of Saint John]]<br/>[[Mentioned in despatches]]
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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Sir David Murray Anderson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|KCMG|MVO}} (11 April 1874 – 30 October 1936) was a British naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the [[Royal Navy]] from the age of 13 and served in many colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of admiral in 1931. He retired a year later and took up the posting as [[List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors|Governor of Newfoundland]], where he also took up the role of Chairman of the Government following the suspension of self-government in the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. Leaving Newfoundland in 1935, he was appointed as [[Governor of New South Wales]] but served only briefly due to his ill health. He died while in office aged 62.<ref name=book>{{cite book| last =Clune| first =David|author2=Turner, Ken | title =The Governors of New South Wales: 1788–2010| publisher =Federation Press| year =2009| location =Sydney| pages =473–495}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Anderson was born on 11 April 1874, the second son of General [[David Anderson (British Army officer)|David Anderson]], [[Colonel of the Regiment|Colonel]] of the [[Cheshire Regiment]], and his wife Charlotte Christina, née Anderson in Newton-by-Chester in [[Cheshire]], England. His elder brother was Lieutenant General [[Hastings Anderson|Sir Warren Hastings Anderson]]. In 1887, as a 13-year-old, he became a naval cadet in the [[HMS Britannia (1860)|training ship ''Britannia'']] at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]. Seeing action against [[Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe|King Koko]] slave traders on the [[Niger River]], he became a [[Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|lieutenant]] on 23 February 1895 at age 20.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26647|page=4233|date=23 February 1895}}</ref> Anderson saw further action against West-African rebels and in the [[Anglo-Ashanti wars|Ashanti Campaign]]. In May 1902, he was posted as first and gunnery lieutenant to the [[cruiser]] {{HMS|Brilliant|1891|6}} on the [[Channel Squadron]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=24 May 1902 |page=8 |issue=36776}}</ref>

In 1905 Anderson was promoted to [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] and was posted to the Royal Yacht [[HMY Victoria and Albert (1899)|''Victoria and Albert'']] in 1908. That year, he married a New Zealander, Edith Muriel Teschemaker, the daughter of one of the pioneers of the [[Otago]] region.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230908206 |title=Lady Anderson's Link With Old New Zealand |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On 29 July 1910 Anderson was appointed a [[Royal Victorian Order|Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order]].<ref name=MVO>{{London Gazette|issue=28403|page=5581|date=29 July 1910}}</ref> On 11 August 1911, he was promoted to [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28521|page=5987|date=11 August 1911}}</ref> and posted as [[Flag Officer|Flag Captain]] on {{HMS|Hyacinth|1898|6}} from 1913 to 1917.<ref name=ADB>{{cite dictionary| title = Davidson, Sir Walter Edward (1859–1923) | publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| dictionary = Australian Dictionary of Biography| url =http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080252b.htm | access-date =12 July 2010}}</ref>

When the [[First World War]] broke out Anderson took part in the operations that resulted in the destruction of the {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|6}} in [[German East Africa]], and was [[mentioned in despatches]] in 1915. For his actions leading to the capture of [[Dar es Salaam]] he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 1 January 1918.<ref name=CMG>{{London Gazette |issue=30451|page=82 |supp=y|date=1 January 1918}}</ref> He was also invested by the [[Sultan of Zanzibar]] with the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]], Second Class.<ref name=arg>{{cite web|url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11851364?searchTerm=1918+Naval+appointments|title= New Governor of NSW – Distinguished Admiral|work=Melbourne Argus 4&nbsp;November 1935 pg 9 |date= 4 November 1935|publisher=Australian National Library|access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref> From 1918 to 1919 Anderson was posted to command the battleship {{HMS|Ajax|1912|6}} in the Grand Fleet.<ref name=ADB/> In May 1921 he was appointed as an [[aide-de-camp]] (ADC) to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], which he held until April 1922. After a posting in England, he was promoted to [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|rear admiral]] in 1922. On 2 June 1923 he was invested as a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]].<ref name=CB>{{London Gazette|issue=32830|page=3944 |supp=y|date=2 July 1923}}</ref> He was later posted from August 1923 to October 1925 as the Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, and briefly served as temporary [[Commander-in-Chief, China|Commander-in-Chief China Station]] in 1925. While in China, he was called upon on three separate occasions to command a multi-national force of Japanese, British, American, Portuguese and Italian sailors to help protect the [[Shanghai International Settlement]]. For his efforts in China, he was awarded the [[Order of the Rising Sun]], Third Class, by Emperor [[Hirohito]] of Japan.<ref name=arg/>

Further promoted to [[Vice admiral (Royal Navy)|vice admiral]] in 1927, Anderson was appointed to command the [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Africa Station]]. From June to September 1928 he served as [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa|High Commissioner to the Union of South Africa]]. Being fluent in French, he was further appointed to Geneva as the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] representative to the [[League of Nations]] permanent advisory commission from 1929 to 1931. On 3 June 1930 he was appointed as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]],<ref name=KCB>{{London Gazette|issue=33611|page=3475 |supp=y|date=3 June 1930}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]] in 1931. He retired at his own request on 5 July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33843|page=4382|date=5 July 1932}}</ref>

==Governor of Newfoundland==
[[File:Admiral Anderson.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Anderson entertaining [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (seated, left), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at [[Government House (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Government House]] in August 1934]]

Anderson was then appointed on 20 October 1932 as the [[List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors|Governor of Newfoundland]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=33876|page=6702| date=20 October 1932}}</ref> He became His Majesty's Representative at a time of great instability in the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. Newfoundland had been hit badly by the [[Great Depression]], leaving most of the banks on the verge of insolvency, saved only by emergency loans from Britain, the state Treasury was empty and the political process was discredited by corruption and incompetence.<ref name=book2>Noel, SJR, ''Politics in Newfoundland'', University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1971, p. 220</ref>

The Government, led by Prime Minister [[Frederick C. Alderdice]], called upon the British government to take direct control until Newfoundland could become self-sustaining. The United Kingdom, concerned over Newfoundland's likelihood of defaulting on its loans, asked the government to establish the [[Newfoundland Royal Commission]], headed by a Scottish peer, [[William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree|Lord Amulree]]. Its report, released in 1933, assessed Newfoundland's political system as institutionally corrupt and its economic future as bleak, recommending the abolition of responsible government, and its replacement by a Commission of the [[HM Government|British Government]].<ref name=book/> Acting on the report's recommendations, Alderdice's government voted itself out of existence in December 1933. Appointed as chair of the [[Commission of Government]] in 1934, Anderson found his role as Governor with significantly expanded powers and proved himself up to the job, constantly sending reports back to the [[Dominions Office]] and giving advice to the Dominions Secretary on how to deal with the Commission members.<ref name=book2/>

Despite his new-found powers, Anderson took the position of neutral mediator, intervening only when there was a dispute in the commission.<ref>Noel, p. 227</ref> He was nevertheless involved with restructuring the administration of the state, including government departments, social services, the health system and the postal system.<ref name=newf>{{cite web| title =Anderson, Sir David Murray (1874–1936)| publisher =The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador| url =http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g66.html| access-date =25 July 2010 }}</ref> His approach proved to be not enough to bring the Commission out of petty arguments and disputes and in October 1935 it was announced that he would be replaced by another Naval officer, [[Humphrey T. Walwyn|Sir Humphrey Walwyn]]. Anderson and his wife departed from Newfoundland the following January.<ref name=book/>

==Governor of New South Wales==
[[File:SLNSW 15302 Arrival of the Governor Admiral Sir Murray and Lady Anderson.jpg|thumb|{{sclass2|County|cruiser}} {{HMAS|Canberra|D33|6}} entering Sydney Harbour on 6 August 1936 carrying Sir Murray and Lady Anderson]]
In November 1935 it was announced that Anderson was to become the [[Governor of New South Wales]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34281|page=2893| date=24 April 1936}}</ref> a relatively quieter post. He was invested by [[Edward VIII|King Edward VIII]] as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 5 May 1936,<ref name=KCMG>{{London Gazette|issue=34282|page=2974|date=5 May 1936}}</ref> and as a Knight of Grace of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem]] on 23 June 1936.<ref name=KStJ>{{London Gazette| issue=34297|page=4013|date=23 June 1936}}</ref>

''En route'' to Australia Anderson was taken ill, and had to spend six weeks in hospital in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. He was sworn in at [[Sydney]] on 6 August 1936. Because of his recurring illness, Lady Anderson undertook many official duties on his behalf, while the [[Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales]], [[Philip Whistler Street|Sir Philip Street]], carried out his legislative and ceremonial duties. On 29 October he collapsed and died of a cerebral haemorrhage early in the morning the next day at [[Government House, Sydney|Government House]].

===Funeral and burial===
His body was [[laid in state]] in [[St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney]] by way of a [[Gun carriage#State and military funerals|gun carriage]] pulled by the sailors and officers of the [[HMAS Canberra (D33)|HMAS ''Canberra'']] on 2 November 1936.<ref name=funeral>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17288915 |title=MOURNING FOR GOVERNOR. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17288774 |title=FUNERAL SERVICE AT ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL FOR LATE SIR MURRAY ANDERSON, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17282058 |title=CITIZENS PAID TRIBUTE AS FUNERAL CORTEGE OF LATE GOVERNOR PROCEEDED TO ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The funeral was attended by the Governor-General, [[Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie|The Lord Gowrie]], and the Premier, [[Bertram Stevens (politician)|Bertram Stevens]], who gave an address: {{blockquote|"To those who knew him, the State seems a poorer place for the passing of a gallant and high-hearted gentleman. To those who did not have the privilege of personal acquaintance there comes the regret appropriate to the death of the man who, under his Majesty, was the titular head of our State; a proven servant of the Empire, a man whose honours were deserved, and who carried his distinctions with grace, has gone to his rest. The tragic shortness of the tenure of his last high office has brought no small loss to our State. Only those who knew him, who had the benefit of his kindliness and experience, know how great that loss actually is. Time gave him no chance to prove himself to the mass of the people; but all those who came into contact with him knew the sterling qualities which were in his character. He was a man upon whom authority sat quietly and easily."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17284285 |title="GREAT LOSS." |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 October 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>}}

Following the funeral, his body, embalmed and enclosed in lead coffin with an outer wood casket by Wood Coffill Funeral Directors, was conveyed to the Chapel of [[Bishopscourt, Darling Point]], the residence of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, [[Howard Mowll]].<ref name=funeral/> On 18 November 1936, Lady Anderson departed Sydney by train to Adelaide with his body to return to England aboard the [[SS Orontes|RMS ''Orontes'']] on 21 November.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230902158 |title=THANKS TO PUBLIC |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246971640 |title=Lady Murray Anderson's Departure |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On 4 January 1937, Anderson was buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, in [[Fittleworth]], [[West Sussex]], in a ceremony attended by Admiral [[Edward Charlton (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Edward Charlton]], Rear-Admiral Edward Hilary Rymer, Vice-Admiral William Douglas Paton, Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley, Vice-Admiral [[Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Percy Noble]], and Vice-Admiral William Bowden-Smith.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135187668 |title=LATE GOVERNOR |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 January 1937 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Survived by his wife and with no children, Anderson left an estate valued at £9,654, which he gave to his wife
for life and on her death to relatives.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195283589 |title=ESTATE OF £9654. |newspaper=[[Tweed Daily]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 July 1937 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On the recommendation of the NSW Government, Lady Anderson was granted the rank of [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) and the [[King George VI Coronation Medal]] in the [[1937 Coronation Honours]] for public service in New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Edith Muriel ANDERSON|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1067252|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-02|website=It's An Honour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127162002/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1067252 |archive-date=27 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236447366 |title=Awards Made Of Special Coronation Medals |newspaper=The Labor Daily |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 May 1937 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Honours==
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|80px]] || [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) || 1930<ref name=KCB/>
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| Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) || 1923<ref name=CB/>
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png|80px]] || [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) || 1936<ref name=KCMG/>
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| Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) || 1918<ref name=CMG/>
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|[[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png|80px]] || [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO) || 1910<ref name=MVO/>
|-
|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|80px]] || Knight of Grace of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem]] || 1936<ref name=KStJ/>
|-
|[[File:Africa General Service Medal BAR.svg|80px]]|| [[Africa General Service Medal]] ||
|-
|[[File:1914-15 Star ribbon.jpg|80px]] || [[1914–15 Star]] ||
|-
|[[File:British War Medal BAR.jpg|80px]] || [[British War Medal]] || 
|-
|[[File:Victory Medal MID ribbon bar.svg|80px]] || [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]] with MID Palm || 
|-
|[[File:King Edward VII Coronation Medal (Military) ribbon.png|80px]] || [[King Edward VII Coronation Medal]] || 1902
|-
|[[File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|80px]] || [[King George V Coronation Medal]] || 1911
|-
|[[File:King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|80px]] || [[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]] || 1935
|-
|[[File:Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar.svg|80px]] || The [[Order of St. Anna]] (Russia) ||<ref name=arg/>
|-
|[[File:Order of the Redeemer Ribbon bar.svg|80px]] || The [[Order of the Redeemer]] (Greece) ||<ref name=arg/>
|-
|[[File:DNK Order of Danebrog Knight BAR.png|80px]] || Knight of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] (Denmark) ||<ref name=arg/>
|-
|[[File:Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar - ribbon bar.gif|80px]] || [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]], Second Class (Zanzibar)||<ref name=arg/>
|-
|[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR.svg|80px]] || [[Order of the Rising Sun]], 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Japan) ||<ref name=arg/>
|-
|}

===Honorific eponyms===
*Mount Murray Anderson, [[Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park]] (1936).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237984800 |title=MOUNT MURRAY ANDERSON |newspaper=The Labor Daily |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17289004 |title=MOUNT MURRAY ANDERSON. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Murray Anderson |url=https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4351 |website=Hornsby Shire Recollects |publisher=Hornsby Shire Council |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite news |title=Obituary: Admiral Sir Murray Anderson |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=30 October 1936 |page=21}}

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