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Graham, James Robert George, 1792-1861
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1792-1861
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GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Graham, Bart. MP, Netherby, Cumberland, and Lady Catherine Stewart, sister of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway (S) (qv); grandson of Robert Graham (qv); b. 1 Jun 1792; adm.; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; continental tour 1812-5; MP Hull 1818-20, St. Ives 1820 – Mar 1821, Carlisle 1826- Jan 1829, Cumberland 16 Jan 1829-32, East Cumberland 1832-7, Pembroke District 30 Feb 1838-41, Dorchester 1841-7, Ripon 1847-52, Carlisle from 1852; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Apr 1824; First Lord of the Admiralty 25 Nov 1830 – Jun 1834, when he resigned owing to his opposition to the Whig government’s policy on the Irish Church; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Home Secretary 6 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Dec 1852 – Mar 1855; FRS 22 Dec 1831; LLD Cambridge 1835; Rector, Glasgow University 1838-40; GCB 15 Apr 1854; DL JP Cumberland; as a politician sat as a Whig in House of Commons to 1834; one of the committee of four which prepared the first Reform Bill 1830; after a short period of independence, crossed the floor of the house to join Conservatives Jun 1835; followed Sir Robert Peel in 1846 and his subsequent political career was initially as a Peelite, then as a Liberal; a highly unpopular Home Secretary, and his tampering with the letters of foreign refugees in 1844 caused general indignation; author, Corn and Currency 1826; m. 8 Jul 1819 Fanny, youngest dau. of Col. James Callander (afterwards Campbell), Craigforth, Stirlingshire; d. 25 Oct 1861. DNB.
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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.