Family and Education

b. c.1676, 2nd s. of James Graeme of Orchill by Lilian, da. of Sir Laurence Oliphant of Gask, Perth. educ. Glasgow 1691. unm. suc. bro. 1712.

Offices Held

Biography

Graeme belonged to a cadet branch of the family of the dukes of Montrose, to the first of whom his brother was bailie. Returned as a Whig at a by-election in 1724 for Perthshire, in which the Duke of Montrose had an interest, he died 14 Mar. 1726, leaving debts contracted through the extravagant collection of books and silver.1

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: J. M. Simpson

Notes

• 1. Louisa Graeme, Or and Sable, 432 seq.