Graham (or Grahme), James, 1650-1730

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Graham (or Grahme), James, 1650-1730

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1650-1730

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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.

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Graham (or Grahme), Richard, 1648-1695 (1648-1695)

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GB-2014-WSA-08090

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Graham (or Grahme), Richard, 1648-1695

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Graham (or Grahme), James, 1650-1730

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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