Brian Murray (governor)

Rear Admiral Sir Brian Stewart Murray, KCMG, AO (26 December 1921 – 4 June 1991) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the 22nd Governor of Victoria, serving from March 1982 until October 1985.

He trained in England at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and during World War II served in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as the North Sea.

He was on board HMAS Australia during the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945, when a number of his crewmates were killed in kamikaze attacks by the Japanese.

He was promoted commander in 1955 and later served as executive officer to Otto Becher, the captain of aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne.

Labor Premier John Cain demanded his resignation in 1985 after Murray accepted a free trip to the United States with his wife from Continental Airlines.