David Graham (abt. 1210 - abt. 1272)

Born about 1210 in Dundaff Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Died about 1272 at about age 62 in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

David Graham is a member of Clan Graham.

David's father, David of Dundaff, was born circa 1185. If father David was 25 when son David was born, his son would have been born around 1210.

"David Graham, a member of a junior branch of the family, served Patrick, fifth earl of Dunbar, and was deputy justiciar of Lothian in 1248. He was the heir of Patrick Graham and was confirmed in 1253 by the king in the lands of Eliston and Kinpunt in the west of Lothian, Dundaff and Strathcarron in Stirlingshire, and lands in Cunningham and Carrick; he also received lands from the earl of Lennox which would form the basis of the Graham barony of Mugdock, while land in Perthshire granted by Malise, earl of Strathearn, would form the barony of Kincardine. Graham was sheriff of Berwick by 1264. He died c.1272 and was succeeded by his son, Patric." ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ C.A. McGladdery, 'Graham family', ODNB, xxiii, 169
2. ↑ https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/person/2005/

• The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas published in 1764 where in the lineage of the Dukes of Montrose appears from page 480 and the lineage of the Stewart Earls of Strathearn appears from page 652.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundaff_Castle,_Stirling
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=225892&pid=5050

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Research note by John M Sutherland-Fisher Scottish Clans Protocol Team Leader

There seems to be a conflict among a number of authors as to the identity of leading members of the Graham family from the reign of Alexander II through to that of Robert the Bruce. Some of the marriages etc detailed in the People of Mediaeval Scotland simply defy logic so I have taken the family and listed it generation by generation as detailed by Sir Robert Douglas in his Peerage of Scotland published in 1764.

The wife originally attached to this profile appears to be incorrect but if you have a definitive source, please feel free to make the appropriate amendment. According to Douglas this David was married to Annabelle of Strathearn and it makes sense that he received lands granted by his brother-in-law.

The Patrick Graham referred to in the biography would have been his uncle, the younger brother of his father Sir David Graham.