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Alicia Maria “Alice” <I>Du Cane</I> Murray

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Alicia Maria “Alice” Du Cane Murray

Birth
Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
Death
25 May 1947 (aged 86)
Elton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Burial
Elton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Alice was the first-born child of Richard Du Cane (1821-1904) and Charlotte Maria Guest (1834-1902). She married the publisher and artist Alexander Henry Hallam Murray on 15 December 1885 at St. George's, Hanover Square, London.

Hallam and Alice were the parents of four children;
Admiral Arthur John Layard Murray (1886-1959),
Betty Monica Proby, née Murray (1889-1967),
Commander Michael Richard Hallam Murray (1893-1938), and
Mary Barbara Murray (1897-1992).

Alice was the paternal grandmother of Dame Alice Rosemary Murray, the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

BIRTH: Home News for India, China and the Colonies 10 April 1861 Page 23
DU CANE - April 1, at Twickenham, the wife of Richard Du Cane, Esq., of a daughter.

DEATH: Peterborough Standard 30 May 1947, Page 4
Mrs. Richard Proby, of Elton Hall, has been bereaved by the death on Whit Sunday of her mother, Mrs. Alicia Maria Murray, aged 86. The funeral took place at Elton on Tuesday.

BURIAL SOURCE: ELTON HALL archivist confirmed that Alicia is buried at All Saints Churchyard in Elton. There is a memorial stone for Alicia next to her husband's grave in St. Stephen's Churchyard, Lympne, Kent.
Alice was the first-born child of Richard Du Cane (1821-1904) and Charlotte Maria Guest (1834-1902). She married the publisher and artist Alexander Henry Hallam Murray on 15 December 1885 at St. George's, Hanover Square, London.

Hallam and Alice were the parents of four children;
Admiral Arthur John Layard Murray (1886-1959),
Betty Monica Proby, née Murray (1889-1967),
Commander Michael Richard Hallam Murray (1893-1938), and
Mary Barbara Murray (1897-1992).

Alice was the paternal grandmother of Dame Alice Rosemary Murray, the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

BIRTH: Home News for India, China and the Colonies 10 April 1861 Page 23
DU CANE - April 1, at Twickenham, the wife of Richard Du Cane, Esq., of a daughter.

DEATH: Peterborough Standard 30 May 1947, Page 4
Mrs. Richard Proby, of Elton Hall, has been bereaved by the death on Whit Sunday of her mother, Mrs. Alicia Maria Murray, aged 86. The funeral took place at Elton on Tuesday.

BURIAL SOURCE: ELTON HALL archivist confirmed that Alicia is buried at All Saints Churchyard in Elton. There is a memorial stone for Alicia next to her husband's grave in St. Stephen's Churchyard, Lympne, Kent.

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  • Created by: DJHSTL
  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219587080/alicia_maria-murray: accessed ), memorial page for Alicia Maria “Alice” Du Cane Murray (1 Apr 1861–25 May 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219587080, citing All Saints Churchyard, Elton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by DJHSTL (contributor 49167816).