GRAHAM, JAMES [SSNE 5045]

Surname

GRAHAM

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

2ND MARQUIS OF MONTROSE

Nationality

SCOT

Region

MONTROSE, ANGUS

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Born c.1631 or 1633, James Graham, 2nd Marquis of Montrose, spent much of his early life in prison in Edinburgh. He began his military education in the company of his cousin, Harry Graham, in the Scots Brigade in the Dutch Republic. [HIS DATES OF SERVICE ARE TO BE CONFIRMED] He later went on to take part in Glengairn's uprising in Scotland in 1653. He declined to vote at Argyll's trial in 1661 but lodged a claim against his son to the value of £100,664 Scots in 1667.

 See Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage (8 vols., 1904-1911), VI, p.259; DNB.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE DUTCH ARMY, HARRY GRAHAM'S

Arrived 1650-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1652-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY