General Sir John Doran (2 October 1824 – 25 September 1903) 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.
He had originally taken a commission in one of the East India Company Regiments (the
24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Chronology
*1779 raised at Chunar by Captain William Davis
*1780? ranked as 34th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
*1781 became the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
*1784 became the 30th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
*1786 becam ...
) in 1842.
In 1893, whilst serving as a senior officer (a lieutenant general) in India, Doran was knighted (
KCB). He was promoted full general on 1 April 1894.
Family
Doran's younger brother Robert Doran, also a British Army officer, was killed in the
Second Anglo-Burmese War
The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War ( my, ဒုတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ် ; 5 April 185220 January 1853) was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese Empire and British Em ...
in 1852.
Doran married Georgina Sultana Magrath in London on 13 November 1856. The Dorans had four sons and four daughters; three of the sons had military careers and serve as officers in World War 1. Two retired in the rank of general. One daughter married a senior British Army officer, and another daughter served as a sister in the Army Nursing Service, and died after contracting gastritis whilst nursing at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, during the Boer War.
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. His wife survived him by a further nine years; she died in Wexford, Ireland in 1912.
[England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858–1966 & 1973–1995]
References
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1824 births
British Army generals
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
1903 deaths