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.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), WILLIAM, brother of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18, Westminster Student 6 Dec 1674 – void 1684; BA 1678; MA 11 Mar 1680/1; DD 1686 [or 1687 ?]; ordained; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland 1682; Prebendary of Durham from 16 Aug 1684; Rector of Whickham, co. Durham, from 10 Aug 1685; Dean of Carlisle 23 Jun 1686-1704; Dean of Wells from 28 Jul 1704; Joint Clerk of the Closet (and Chaplain) to Queen Anne from 26 Nov 1702; lic. to m. 26 Sep 1688 Mary Offaly, The Strand, London, spinster; ? m. Allice, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; d. 4 Feb 1712/3.
GRAHAM, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1653, having failed to obtain his election to either University (Buttery Book).
GRAHAM, ALEXANDER; b.; adm. 16 Jan 1800; in school lists 1801, 1803; left 1806.
GRAHAM, C.; b.; in school list 1797.
GRAHAM, CAROLUS JAMES HOME, brother of Thomas James Graham-Stirling (qv); b. 24 May 1812; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); at Haileybury Coll. 1830-1; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; arrived India 14 Sep 1831; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and circuit, Cuttack 27 Dec 1832; held various subsequent appointments; resigned in India 1 May 1846 and returned home; d. 30 Oct 1877.
Graham, Cecil John Hart, brother of Herbert Henry Cecil Graham (q.v.); b. July 14, 1899; adm. April 28, 1910 (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, June 20, 1940.
Graham, Eric Charles, brother of Herbert Henry Cecil Graham (q.v.); b. Nov. 16, 1903; adm. May 2, 1917 (A); left Dec. 1918.