Sir Oswyn Alexander Ruthven Murray GCB (17 August 1873 – 10 July 1936) was a British civil servant who spent most of his career at the Admiralty, eventually serving as Permanent Secretary from 1917 until 1936.
[2] However, later the same year he took part in competitions for the fellowship of All Souls College, which he lost to John Simon,[4] but won the Vinerian Scholarship.
[1][2] As Director of Victualling Murray carried out a thorough reform of the system for feeding seamen: rations were overhauled, the savings system (of money taken in lieu of rations) abolished, a messing allowance introduced, the contract canteen arrangement placed on a sound footing, and a school of cookery established.
[1] On 2 October 1911[2] Murray returned to the secretariat as an Assistant Secretary, and was actively concerned with the preparations for war, then with the difficulties of the administration during the conflict.
[1] Murray's health began to suffer, and in 1932 he was obliged to take a period of sick leave, and then again the following year.
[8] In addition, he received the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd class) from the Emperor of Japan in October 1917,[9] and was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic in September 1919, in recognition of his service during the First World War.