Sir Frederick Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet KBE TD (10 March 1893 – 1 August 1978) was a

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politician in the

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Early life

Graham was a "member of one of the most distinguished Border families". He was the son of Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet, and Lady Mabel Cynthia Duncombe, who were first cousins. His younger siblings included

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(who married Audrey Emily Vivian, daughter of Maj. Henry Wyndham Vivian) and Daphne Graham (who married Sir

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). His maternal grandparents were

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and Mabel Violet Graham. His paternal grandparents were

Sir Frederick Graham, 3rd Baronet Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet DL JP (2 April 1820 – 8 March 1888) was a British landowner, diplomat and traveller. Early life The descendant of an old Cumbrian family, Frederick Ulric was born on 2 April 1820. He was the eldest son ...

and Lady Jane Hermione Stewart (a daughter of

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). His paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother were siblings, both children of the prominent British statesman

Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1792 – 25 October 1861) was a British statesman, who notably served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the eldest son of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, by Lady Ca ...

, who served as

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and

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. He was educated at

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and

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Career

Graham served from 1914 to 1918 during the

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as Captain of the

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, where he was severely wounded, and mentioned in despatches, "leading a charge at

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in February, 1915." After he recovery, he served as aide-de-camp to his father-in-law, Gen. Reade and, later, to Gen. Fielding. "After the War he returned to Oxford and took a course in agriculture" and became a tenant farmer in North Cumberland. He was first elected to the

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at a

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in 1926 in the North Cumberland constituency. The sitting Conservative

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(MP) Donald Howard had succeeded to the peerage as

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, and Graham held the seat comfortably. He represented the constituency for nine years, until his defeat at the 1935 general election by the

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candidate

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. Graham returned to

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at the 1951 general election, when he was elected as MP for

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, defeating the sitting

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MP David Hardman. Graham held his seat until he retired at the 1959 general election. In 1932, he succeeded his father to the

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, becoming the 5th Baronet Graham, of Netherby. He was

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from 1958 to 1968. During the 1930s Graham's wife supported the local branch of the

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Personal life

In 1918 he married Mary Spencer Revell Reade, the only child of Major-General Raymond Northland Revell Reade and Rose Frances Spence. They had two children, one son and one daughter: * Major

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(1919–1997), who married Isabel Susan Anne Surtees, daughter of Maj. Robert Lambton Surtees. * Cynthia Mary Graham (1923–1927), who died young. Sir Fergus died on 1 August 1978 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Fergus 1893 births 1978 deaths People educated at Eton College People educated at Summer Fields School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Graham, Fergus, 5th Baronet Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Lord-Lieutenants of Cumberland UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959