Major (Lord), 1st (Royal) Dragoon attached sTAFF 6th Cavalry Brigade. Died 30 October 1914. Aged 40. South African Medal (5 Clasps), Legion of Honour (France), Order of Military Merit (Spain), Order of the Crown (Prussia), Order of the Iron Crown Class II (Austria). Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1909-10 and Equerry to His Majesty, 1910-1914. Sometime A.D.C. to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. Son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and of Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne, of Bowood, Calne, Wilts; husband of Lady Violet Mary Astor (formerly Mercer-Nairne). Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, belgium. Plot/Row/Section E1. Grave 10. See also Caputh WM

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MAJOR LORD CHARLES GEORGE FRANCIS MERCER - NAIRNE, M.V.O., 1st (ROYAL) DRAGOONS (EQUERRY TO THE KING), killed in action in Flanders on the 30th October, 1914, was the second son of the fifth Marquess of Lansdowne and the Marchioness of Lansdowne, daughter of the Duke of Abercorn, K.G. Lord Charles derived his surname of Mercer-Nairne, which he assumed in January, 1914, in lieu of his patronymic of Fitzmaurice, from his maternal grandmother, Emily Jane Mercer, Baroness Nairne.

He was born on the 12th February, 1874, and joined the 1st Dragoons from the Militia in May, 1895, becoming Lieutenant in February, 1898, and Captain in 1901. He acted as A.D.C. to the General Officer Commanding the Forces in Ireland from May to October, 1899, and then took part in the South African War, being present at the relief of Ladysmith, including the action at Colenso, at operations on the Tugela Heights, in the Orange Free State and in Natal, and at actions at Spion Kop, Vaal Krans, and Pieter's Hill. He received the Queen's medal with four clasps. In October, 1898, he had qualified as an Interpreter in French. From January, 1901, to February, 1904, he was A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief ; and from April, 1909, to May, 1910, he was Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. In June, 1910, he was appointed Equerry to His Majesty the King, and was promoted Major in June of the latter year.

Lord Charles married, in January, 1909, Lady Violet Mary Elliot - Murray - Kynynmound, youngest daughter of the fourth Earl of Minto, and left two children : Mary Margaret Elizabeth (for whom Queen Mary was sponsor), born in February, 1910 ; and George Charles Mercer (for whom King George V was sponsor), born in November, 1912.

Lieutenant, No 2. Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 25 October 1914. Aged 21. Son of Charles A. and Blanche Murray, of Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11.

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LIEUTENANT CHARLES JOHN MURRAY, 4th (RESERVE) BATTN . COLDSTREAM GUARDS, born on the 1st December, 1881, at Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire, was the son of Charles Archibald Murray, of Taymount, and a relative of the Earl of Mansfield and of Sir Robert D. Moncrieffe.

He was educated at Haileybury, and joined the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1899, being transferred to the Coldstream Guards in 1901, and serving with them till 1912. He took part in the South African War, for which he received the King's medal. He was A.D.C. to Sir Percy Girouard, Governor of Northern Nigeria, from 1907-09, and was again with him when Governor of British East Africa from 1909-11. In 1912 he settled as a breeder of horses at Invershura Njoro, British East Africa.

On the outbreak of the war with Germany he rejoined the Coldstream Guards, and was serving with them when he was killed on the 20th October, 1914, near Ypres, when leading an attack on Poezelhoek.

Lieutenant Murray was a member of the Guards', Bachelors', and Caledonian Clubs.