James Harrison (British Army officer)

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.

Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900[3] and served in the First World War.

[4] After attendimg the Staff College, Camberley,[5] he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for the 55th (West Lancashire) Division in 1930, Commandant of the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1932, and Major-General Royal Artillery in India in 1935.

[6] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division in 1936.

[6] In 1939, he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey but held the role only until June 1940 when the island came under German occupation.