| Graham, Marquis of | James | | | He was the eldest son of the 5th Duke of Montrose, KT, ADC, Lord Clerk Registrar of Scotland, his mother being the second daughter of Sir Frederick Graham, Bart, of Netherby Hall, Cumberland. He was born May 1, 1878, and was educated at Eton College The marquis takes a great interest in all Imperial and maritime affairs; served in the Mercantile Marine, and possesses a Board of Trade master's certificate. He saw service in the Boer War as Lieutenant, attached to the Army Service Corps, and also with the Doris Naval Brigade, and was Assist. Press Censor at Cape Town (SA medal, three bars). He visited Cape Town a second time on a wireless telegraphy mission for the Corporation of Lloyds, London, and again in Dec, 1902, to study questions affecting the resettlement of the land. Lord Graham assisted Lord Brassey in the navigation of the Sunbeam to Montreal in 1903, and has travelled all over the world, visiting fourteen countries, and all the British Colonies excepting Canada and New Zealand. He commands the Clyde Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and in 1905 acted, as Assistant Private Secretary, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon Austen Chamberlain, PC, MP Lord Graham unsuccessfully contested the Eye Division of Suffolk at a by-election in 1906 as a Conservative, reducing the Liberal majority to 197. He is fond of all sports, particularly yachting, fishing, and shooting; and married, in June, 1906, Lady Mary Hamilton. | Army Service Corps |
