John Douglas Ridout Murray qualified in medicine from Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital where he was casualty surgical officer. He became resident medical officer to the Bolingbroke Hospital in Wandsworth and was then appointed senior house medical officer to the Exmouth Hospital. He was a Fellow of the British Medical Association. He died on 7 March 1982 survived by his wife, Mollie, and his children, Jennifer, Shirley and Jeremy.