James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
His Grace The Duke of Montrose OStJ | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 26 May 1995 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 7th Duke of Montrose |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Incumbent | |
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 | |
Election | 1999 |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Personal details | |
Born | James Graham (1935-04-06) 6 April 1935 (age 89) Southern Rhodesia |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | |
Children | Lady Hermione Thornhill James, Marquess of Graham Lord Ronald Graham |
Parent(s) | Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose Isabel Veronia Sellar |
James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, OStJ (born 6 April 1935), styled as the Earl of Kincardine until 1954 and the Marquess of Graham between 1954 and 1992, is a Scottish peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords.
Biography
Early life
James Graham was born on 6 April 1935 in Southern Rhodesia, where his father—the then Marquess of Graham—was establishing a farm. He attended boarding school in Scotland, first in Aberdeenshire and after that at the Loretto School, near Edinburgh.[1]
He was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (OStJ) in 1978.[2] He served as Brigadier of the Royal Company of Archers in 1986.[3]
Marriage
On 31 January 1970, the Marquess of Graham married Catherine Elizabeth MacDonell Young (d. 29 October 2014[4]), daughter of Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officer Capt. Norman Andrew Thompson Young, of Ottawa, Canada.
They have three children:
- Lady Hermione Elizabeth Graham (born 20 July 1971), married Christopher John Thornhill, and has issue.
- James Alexander Norman Graham, Marquess of Graham (born 16 August 1973), married Cecilia Manfredi, without issue.
- Lord Ronald John Christopher Graham (born 13 October 1975), married Florence Mary Arbuthnott, and has two sons.[5]
Politics and international relations
Montrose considers himself a Conservative and took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1992. He is one of four dukes to have re-entered the House (of the 24 non-royal dukes eligible) following the House of Lords Act 1999, having been one of the 90 peers chosen or elected by the others sitting. The other dukes in the upper house among these are the Duke of Somerset, who won a by-election in December 2014, the Duke of Wellington, who won a by-election in September 2015, and the Duke of Norfolk who, as hereditary Earl Marshal and one of the Great Officers of State, does not have to stand for election.
Montrose was a shadow minister for the Scotland Office before the 2010 general election. He has also spent some time in China promoting renewable energy and environmental measures, and he is a fluent speaker of Mandarin.[citation needed]
References
- ^ ""An Greumach Mhor" ~ Chief of the Clan Graham: James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose". Clan Graham Society. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 2007. p. 773. ISBN 9780905702667.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 1995. p. 236.
- ^ "The Telegraph Death Announcements".
- ^ Clan Graham Society: History and Heritage.
External links
- James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, Chief of the Grahams
- Conservative Party website Archived 3 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Montrose
Peerage of Scotland | ||
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Preceded by | Duke of Montrose 1992–present Member of the House of Lords (1992–1999) | Incumbent Heir apparent: James Graham Marquess of Graham |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–present | Incumbent |
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Gentlemen The Duke of Montrose | Followed by |
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- Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
- John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
- Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton
- Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort
- Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans
- Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford
- Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
- James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
- David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland
- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
- Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Lennox
- Richard Scott, 12th Duke of Queensberry
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
- Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl
- James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
- Charles Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe