GRACE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1753; in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jun 1754. [Possibly John Grace, son of Thomas Grace, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. John’s, Smith Square 24 Dec 1738].
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GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1687; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1689, called to bar 22 May 1696. [Presumably Robert Grayden (sic), son of Robert Grayden and Elizabeth --- (?Lane), bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 2 May 1674 ].
GRAFTON, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1550 (Acts of Chapter).
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), CHARLES, elder son of William Graham (qv); b. 25 Nov 1708; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1717; left 1717; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1719-24; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1723/4; migrated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford; ordained priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1733; Rector of Southchurch, Essex, from 1733; m. 6 Jan 1728/9 Priscilla, dau. of Case Billingsley, Tottenham, Middlesex; buried 12 Apr 1734.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES, brother of Richard Graham (or Grahme), 1st Viscount Preston (S) (qv); b. Mar 1649/50; at school 1662-5 (as James Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jul 1666, aged 16; commissioned in French army 15 May 1671 as Capt., Douglas’s Regt. of Scottish Infantry; Capt. in British Army, Earl of Carlisle’s Foot, 29 Mar 1673; served in the Netherlands under Turenne and Monmouth; Lieut. -Col., Lord Morpeth’s Regt. of Foot, 23 Feb 1677/8; Keeper of Privy Purse to Duchess of York Dec 1679, soon afterwards to Duke of York (the future King James II); MP Carlisle 1685-7; Keeper of Privy Purse and Master of the Buckhounds to James II as King 31 Mar 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; assisted James II in his flight from Whitehall Dec 1688 and corresponded with him at St. Germain; outlawed 1691 and although subsequently pardoned continued his visits to James; arrested 1 Jun 1692, released on bail; again arrested 3 Mar 1696 and sent to Fleet prison; retired to his estate at Levens, near Kendal, Westmorland; took oaths to Government Sep 1701; MP Appleby 1702-8, Westmorland 1708-27; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1675 Dorothy, Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine, eldest dau. of Hon. William Howard; m. 2nd, 5 Mar 1701/2 Elizabeth, widow of George Bromley, Middle Temple, London, barrister, and dau. of Isaac Barton, All Hallows, Barking, London, merchant; d. 26 Jan 1729/30 (M. I. Charlton, Wilts. ). DNB.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, 1ST VISCOUNT PRESTON (S), eldest son of Sir George Graham, Bart., Netherby, Cumberland and Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, and Lady Mary Johnstone, second dau. of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (S); b. 24 Sep 1648; succ. father as 3rd baronet 19 Mar 1657/8; at school 1660-4 (as Richard Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1664; MA 4 Feb 1666/7; adm. Inner Temple 1664; MP Cockermouth Jun 1675-81, Cumberland 1685-7; although a Protestant, was a zealous advocate of the right of the Duke of York (James II) to the succession; created Viscount Preston (S) 12 May 1681; Envoy Extraordinary to France 1682-5; he and Lord Middleton managed the House of Commons for James II; Privy Councillor 21 Oct 1685; Master of the Great Wardrobe 11 Dec 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; Lord Lieut., Cumberland and Westmorland 29 Aug 1687 – 8 Apr 1689; Secretary of State Oct - Dec 1688; one of the Council of Five left by James II in London Nov 1688; created an English baron by James II at St. Germain 21 Jan 1689, but his claim was subsequently disallowed by the House of Lords; arrested and sent to the Tower for planning the restoration of James II 1689; rearrested while carrying treasonable papers on board a smack bound for Calais 1 Jan 1691; sentenced to death at the Old Bailey 19 Jan 1691, but pardoned after making confessions implicating William Penn and others; committed to Newgate for refusing to give evidence at a trial Aug 1691, but soon released on bail; retired to his Yorkshire estate and revised his translation of Boethius, published posthumously; m. 2 Aug 1670 Lady Anne Howard, second dau. of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle; d. 22 Dec 1695. DNB.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, son of James Graham (qv); b. 8 Feb 1678; adm. 1690 (R. H. Plumptre, Life of Thomas Ken, 1890, ii, 155-9); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1693; an account of his short life will be found in A Student Penitent, 1875, written by Francis Edward Paget (qv); d. from the effects of a fall while trying to get out of his college to see a cock-fight Jul 1696.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), ROBERT, younger son of William Graham (qv); b. 28 Jul 1711; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1718; left 1718; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1721-7; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 Mar 1726/7; demy, Magd. Coll. Oxford 1727-35; BA 1730; MA 1733; BD and DD 1777; ordained; Rector of Arthuret, Cumberland, from 23 Sep 1735; Rector of Wiston, Sussex 27 Dec 1736-42; Rector of Ashtead, Surrey 8 Oct 1742-54; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland, from 13 Apr 1759; inherited Netherby estate, Cumberland 1757; m. 1 Jun 1752 Frances, dau. of Sir Reginald Graham, Bart.; d. 2 Feb 1782.