Sir Frederick Graham | |
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High Sheriff of Cumberland | |
In office 1866–1866 | |
Preceded by | William Postlethwaite |
Succeeded by | William Edward James |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Ulric Graham 2 April 1820 |
Died | 8 March 1888 London, England | (aged 67)
Spouse |
Lady Jane Hermione Seymour
(
m. 1852) |
Relations |
Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (grandfather) Sir James Campbell (grandfather) |
Parent(s) |
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet Fanny Callander |
Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet DL JP (2 April 1820 – 8 March 1888) was a British landowner, diplomat and traveller.
The descendant of an old Cumbrian family, Frederick Ulric was born on 2 April 1820. He was the eldest son of Fanny Callander and Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, the British statesman who served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was a brother to Constance Helena Graham, Mabel Violet (wife of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham), Rev. Reginald Malise Graham, Helen Graham and James Stanley Graham. [1]
His paternal grandparents were Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet and Lady Catherine Stewart (eldest daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway). His maternal grandparents were Col. Sir James Callander of Ardkinglas and Lady Elizabeth Helena McDonnell (a daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim). [1]
Sir Frederick was a Cornet in the 1st Life Guards and a Capt. in the Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry. [1] He later served as attaché to Vienna in 1842 while his father was Home Secretary. In 1847, he travelled on an expedition with the North American fur brigade across the Canadian west. [2]
Upon his father's death on 25 October 1861, [3] he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Graham, of Netherby, Cumberland. He qualified as a magistrate for the county of Cumberland in 1861, [4] served as Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cumberland, and High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1866. [1]
Graham married Lady Jane Hermione Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and his wife Jane Georgiana Sheridan – the Eglinton 'Queen of Beauty'. [5] [6] Together, they were the parents of:
Sir Frederick died at his London residence, 40 Park Lane, on 8 March 1888. [4] Lady Jane died on 4 April 1909.
Through his eldest daughter's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Eva Hermione Mackintosh (1876–1934), who married Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet (the brother of her uncle's first wife Olivia). [14]
Through his son Hugh, he was posthumously a grandfather to Alastair Hugh Graham (1904–1982), an Oxford friend of Evelyn Waugh who was considered an inspiration for Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited. [15] [16]
Sir Frederick Graham | |
---|---|
High Sheriff of Cumberland | |
In office 1866–1866 | |
Preceded by | William Postlethwaite |
Succeeded by | William Edward James |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Ulric Graham 2 April 1820 |
Died | 8 March 1888 London, England | (aged 67)
Spouse |
Lady Jane Hermione Seymour
(
m. 1852) |
Relations |
Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (grandfather) Sir James Campbell (grandfather) |
Parent(s) |
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet Fanny Callander |
Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet DL JP (2 April 1820 – 8 March 1888) was a British landowner, diplomat and traveller.
The descendant of an old Cumbrian family, Frederick Ulric was born on 2 April 1820. He was the eldest son of Fanny Callander and Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, the British statesman who served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was a brother to Constance Helena Graham, Mabel Violet (wife of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham), Rev. Reginald Malise Graham, Helen Graham and James Stanley Graham. [1]
His paternal grandparents were Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet and Lady Catherine Stewart (eldest daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway). His maternal grandparents were Col. Sir James Callander of Ardkinglas and Lady Elizabeth Helena McDonnell (a daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim). [1]
Sir Frederick was a Cornet in the 1st Life Guards and a Capt. in the Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry. [1] He later served as attaché to Vienna in 1842 while his father was Home Secretary. In 1847, he travelled on an expedition with the North American fur brigade across the Canadian west. [2]
Upon his father's death on 25 October 1861, [3] he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Graham, of Netherby, Cumberland. He qualified as a magistrate for the county of Cumberland in 1861, [4] served as Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cumberland, and High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1866. [1]
Graham married Lady Jane Hermione Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and his wife Jane Georgiana Sheridan – the Eglinton 'Queen of Beauty'. [5] [6] Together, they were the parents of:
Sir Frederick died at his London residence, 40 Park Lane, on 8 March 1888. [4] Lady Jane died on 4 April 1909.
Through his eldest daughter's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Eva Hermione Mackintosh (1876–1934), who married Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet (the brother of her uncle's first wife Olivia). [14]
Through his son Hugh, he was posthumously a grandfather to Alastair Hugh Graham (1904–1982), an Oxford friend of Evelyn Waugh who was considered an inspiration for Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited. [15] [16]