John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose (1573–1626) was a Scottish nobleman,

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from 1608 to the 1620s. He was for a time Lord President of the

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. He was a Catholic, as the English ambassador William Asheby noted in November 1589, on the death of his uncle Mungo Graham, Master Household to

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. In January 1595, in revenge for the death of his kinsman John Graham of Hallyards, he fought with James Sandilands on the

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. Sandilands' brother-in-law William Crauford, brother of the laird of Carse was killed. He was at court in Royston in England in 1614 and the court physician

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treated him for melancholy. Joseph Browne
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Marriage and Family

He married Margaret Ruthven, daughter of

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and Dorothea Stewart. Their children included: *

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, later 1st Marquess of Montrose. *Lilias Graham, married Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, 1st Baronet. *Elizabeth Graham *Margaret Graham married

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*Dorothea Graham married Sir James Rollo, Younger of Duncrub. *Katherine Graham *Beatrix Graham married David Drummond, 3rd Lord Maderty.

References

* 1573 births 1626 deaths Year of birth unknown 17th-century Scottish peers Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617 Earls of Montrose {{scotland-earl-stub