John Doran (British Army officer)

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]

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, 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
RankGeneral
AwardsKCB

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

Family

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 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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