Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham, (15 January 1842 – 5 December 1930) was a Scottish public servant,

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from 1885 to 1917."Graham, Sir Henry (John Lowndes)"
''Who Was Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 2 January 2019.

Biography

Graham was born on 15 January 1842, the only son of William Graham of Burntsheilds,

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, and his wife Anna, ''née'' Lowndes; his sisters included Lady Barrington (wife of Sir

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) and his half-brother was the Glasgow MP William Graham, whose own children included Dame

Agnes Jekyll Dame Agnes Lowndes Jekyll, ( Graham; 12 October 1861 – 28 January 1937) was a Scottish-born British artist, writer and philanthropist. The daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow (1865–1874) and patron of the Pre-Rapha ...

Frances Horner Frances Jane Horner, Lady Horner (''née'' Graham; 28 March 1854''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 1 March 1940) was a British hostess, member of the Souls social group, and a patron of the arts. She was depicted several times by Edward Bu ...

(wife of Sir John Horner), and the wives of Quintin Hogg and Lord Muir Mackenzie. He attended

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(1855–60), where he was a monitor in his final year, and then went up to

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, to read

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(1860–64); he also rowed for the college."Sir Henry Graham", ''The Times'', 8 December 1930, p. 14.

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in 1868, in 1874

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(the

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) appointed Graham his

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; when Cairns left his office, he appointed Graham a

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, but in 1885 he was appointed

. In that capacity, he attended two

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and witnessed the rejection of the

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by the House of Lords and the subsequent passage of the Parliament Act 1911. He retired in 1917. Graham was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1895. He was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) of the Order in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902. He died on 5 December 1930, leaving a widow and five children. Graham married first Lady Edith Elizabeth Gathorne-Hardy (died 1875), daughter of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, by whom he left two sons, the diplomat Sir Ronald William Graham, Ronald Graham and the writer Harry Graham (poet), Harry Graham. He married secondly Lady Margaret Georgiana Compton, daughter of William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton), by whom he had three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Henry 1842 births 1930 deaths Scottish barristers People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Clerks of the Parliaments Masters of the High Court (England and Wales)