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GRAEME, David (c.1676-1726), of Orchill and Rohalloch, Perth.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Dates
31 Dec. 1724 - 14 Mar. 1726
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.
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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.