Family and Education
b. c. Apr. 1682 o. s. of James Graham, 3rd marquess of Montrose [S] and Christian, da. and coh. of John Leslie, 7th earl of Rothes [S]. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1698–1700. m. contr. 31 Mar. 1702, Christian (d.1744), da. of David Carnegie, 3rd earl of Northesk [S], sis David Carnegie, 4th earl of Northesk [S], 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. d. 7 Jan. 1742. Douglas, Scots Peerage, vi. 261-2.
Offices Held
Commr. treasury [S] 1705 – 08; ld. high adm. [S] 1705 – 06; pres. of council [S] 1706 – 08; PC 1707 – 14, 1717 – 27; ld. privy seal [S] 1709 – 13; regent Aug. – Sept. 1714; sec. of state and kpr. of the signet [S] 1714 – 15; ld. clerk register [S] July – Sept. 1716; kpr. of gt. seal [S] 1716 – 33.
Burgess, Edinburgh 1696, Glasgow 1722; baillie and justiciar, Glasgow 1714 – d.; sheriff principal, Stirling 1716 – d.; ld. lt. Dumbarton 1717 – d.
Chan. Glasgow Univ. 1714.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Mugdock Castle, Stirling; Aberuthven, Perth; Drygate.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by J.B. Medina (sold at Christie’s 26 May 2005); oil on canvas aft. G. Kneller, c.1727 Govt. Art Coll.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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