Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose
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Order of the Thistle
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(7 November 1852 – 10 December 1925) was a Scottish nobleman.
The 3rd son of 4th Duke
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1836, was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
and Caroline Agnes, youngest daughter of the 2nd Lord Decies, he was educated at Eton College
Eton College
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and succeeded his father in 1874.
He joined the Coldstream Guards
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in 1872, transferred to the 5th Lancers, 1874, and retired 1878; late Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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. He served in the South African War (medal and two clasps).
He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...
in 1879 and was Chancellor of the Order
Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle
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from 1917. He was ADC to HM the King.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire
Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire
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from 1885 to 1925, Hereditary Sheriff of Dumbartonshire
Dunbartonshire
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(now Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Until 1975 it was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town...
), Lord Clerk Register
Lord Clerk Register
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from 1890 until his death, and Lord High Commissioner
Lord High Commissioner
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to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1916–1917.
Family
Lord Graham married Violet Hermione Graham, daughter of Sir Frederick Graham 3rd BaronetGraham Baronets
There have been eight Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Graham, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
of Netherby; they had five children:
- James Graham, 6th Duke of MontroseJames Graham, 6th Duke of MontroseJames Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose KT CB CVO VD was a Scottish nobleman, politician and engineer.The eldest son of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose, he was educated at Eton College. In 1906 he married Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, the only child of the 12th Duke of Hamilton...
(1878–1954) - Lady Helen Violet Graham (1879–1945)
- Lady Hermione Emily Graham (1882–1978)
- Brigadier Lord Douglas Malise Graham (b. 1883)
- Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham (b. 1886)