James Graham (1657 - 1684)

Born 20 Oct 1657 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Died 25 Apr 1684 at age 26 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

James Graham is a member of Clan Graham.

James Graham was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

James Graham was born at Glasgow on 20 October 1657^[1], the only son of James Graham 2nd Marquess of Montrose and his wife Isabell Douglas

He was initally styled Earl of Kincardine until he succeeded to the peerage in February 1669.^[2]

In 1678 he received a commission as Captain of a troop of horse in the Duke of York's Regiment which was to be raised in Scotland and on 26 October 1679 was appointed Captain of the troop of Life Guards in Scotland in place of the Marquess of Atholl.^[1]

In 1682 he was President of the Council^[2] and was appointed Sheriff of Dumbarton and Justiciar of the Regalities of Lennox and Glasgow on 21 February of the same year.^[1]

James Graham died of a fever at Canongate, Edinburgh on 25 April 1684, aged 26.^[1]

James Graham married Christian Leslie daughter of the Duke of Rothes on 9 June 1681 and the couple had one son, James born about April 1682.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The Scots Peerage, Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol 6, pp259-261, https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun06pauluoft#page/260
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Complete Peerage, G E Cokayne, 1887, Vol 5, p354, https://archive.org/stream/completepeerage01cokagoog#page/n364

see also

• Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/57610190/family
• Wikipedia article on the Duke of Montrose.

Acknowledgments

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