Iain Murray

Iain Hamish Murray (born 19 April 1931) is a British pastor and author who co-founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust. Early life Iain Murray was educated in the Isle of Man at King William's College. He was converted in 1949. In the summer of 1950 he was commissioned in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) rifle regiment of the British Army, serving in Singapore and Malaya in the suppression of the communist insurgency known as the "Malayan Emergency". He transferred to the Army reserve in 1955 and resigned his commission the following year. After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the University of Durham, graduating with a BA in 1954. In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at St. John's Free Church, Summertown, Oxford.