Major-General James Murray Robert Harrison CB DSO (1 October 1880 – 30 December 1957) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the First World War. After attendimg the

Staff College, Camberley Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India (later merged to form the Indian Army). It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, founded in 1799, which i ...

, he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for the

55th (West Lancashire) Division The 55th (West Lancashire) Division was an infantry division of the British Army's Territorial Force (TF) that saw extensive combat during the First World War. It was raised initially in 1908 as the West Lancashire Division. Following the out ...

in 1930, Commandant of the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1932, and Major-General Royal Artillery in India in 1935.Profile
Generals.dk; Retrieved 7 April 2016. He went on to be General Officer Commanding

2nd Anti-Aircraft Division The 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (2nd AA Division) was an Air Defence formation of the British Army from 1935 to 1942. It controlled anti-aircraft gun and searchlight units of the Territorial Army (TA) defending the East Midlands and East Anglia ...

in 1936. In 1939, he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey but held the role only until June 1940 when the island came under German occupation.Mallams of Oxford
/ref> He retired in 1941.

Family

In 1925, he married Stella Mary Travers-Smith.
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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, James 1880 births 1957 deaths Military personnel from Montgomeryshire British Army generals of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Royal Artillery officers Governors of Jersey British Army personnel of World War I British Army major generals Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley