Graham Graham-Montgomery
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Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet, DL (9 July 1823 – 2 June 1901) was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons.
Life
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Graham-Montgomery entered the House of Commons in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and held the seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk. He was returned for the newly unified constituency, and held it through 1880.
In 1885 his daughter Alice married Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos but she had no children.
He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1866 until 1868. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire from 1854 until his death in 1901.
He lived in Kinross House and is buried east of the house on the edge of Loch Leven. His family lie with him.
References
[edit]- 1823 births
- 1901 deaths
- Nobility from the Scottish Borders
- Lord-lieutenants of Kinross-shire
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912)