Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: alexander edward murray , viscount fincastle - battles: mahdist war world war i war tirah campaign malakand frontier war second boer - death date: 29 january 1962 -lrb- aged 89 -rrb- - commands: 31st battalion , imperial yeomanry - rank: major - placeofburial: golders green crematorium - awards: victoria victorian order cross distinguished service order member of the royal - birth date: 22 april 1872 - serviceyears: 1892 -- 1907 1914 -- 1918 - name: the earl of dunmore - branch: 23px british army - unit: 16th lancers -lrb- the queen 's -rrb- - image: vcviscount , alexanderedwardmurrayfincastle.jpg - death place: sussex place , london - birth place: portland place , london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander murray , 8th earl of dunmore .
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alexander edward murray , 8th earl of dunmore vc , dso , mvo , dl -lrb- 22 april 1872 -- 29 january 1962 -rrb- , more commonly known by the courtesy title viscount fincastle , which he bore until 1907 , was a british soldier and politician .