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

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family, Frederick Ulric was born on 2 April 1820. He was the eldest son of Fanny Callander and

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 ...

, the British statesman who served as

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and

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. He was a brother to Constance Helena Graham, Mabel Violet (wife of

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), Rev. Reginald Malise Graham, Helen Graham and James Stanley Graham. His paternal grandparents were Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet and Lady Catherine Stewart (eldest daughter of

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). His maternal grandparents were Col. Sir James Callander of

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and Lady Elizabeth Helena McDonnell (a daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim).

Career

Sir Frederick was a

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in the 1st Life Guards and a Capt. in the Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry. He later served as

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in 1842 while his father was

. In 1847, he travelled on an expedition with the North American fur brigade across the Canadian west. Upon his father's death on 25 October 1861, he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Graham, of Netherby, Cumberland. He qualified as a magistrate for the county of Cumberland in 1861, served as Deputy Lieutenant and

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for Cumberland, and

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in 1866.

Personal life

Graham married Lady Jane Hermione Seymour, daughter of

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and his wife Jane Georgiana Sheridan – the Eglinton 'Queen of Beauty'. Together, they were the parents of: * Margaret Frances Graham (1857–1927), who married Alexander Æneas Mackintosh, 27th Chief of

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in 1875. After his death, she married

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in 1878. * Violet Hermione Graham, Duchess of Montrose (1854–1940), who married

Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (7 November 1852 – 10 December 1925), initially styled as the Marquess of Graham, was a Scottish nobleman, racehorse owner, soldier and the 5th Duke of Montrose. He was the son ...

in 1876. * Sibyl Marcia Graham (1857–1887), who married

Robert Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, (12 January 185820 June 1945), known as The Honourable Robert Milnes from 1863 to 1885, The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British L ...

(later 1st

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) in 1880. * Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet (1859–1932), who married his cousin, Olivia Baring, sister of

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. After her death in 1887, he married his first cousin, Lady Mabel Cynthia Duncombe, a daughter of

. After her death in 1926 he married his younger brother's widow, Florence Rose Wood. * Hugh Graham (1860–1921), who married American heiress Jessie Low, a daughter of Andrew Low of

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, and sister in law to

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, in 1888. * James Reginald Graham (1864–1910), who married Florence Rose ( Wood), a daughter of J. Carter Wood and widow of Capt. Cyprian Knollys. * Hilda Georgina Graham (d. 1946), who married George Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham. Sir Frederick died at his London residence, 40 Park Lane, on 8 March 1888. Lady Jane died on 4 April 1909.

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Eva Hermione Mackintosh (1876–1934), who married

(the brother of her uncle's first wife Olivia). Through his son Hugh, he was posthumously a grandfather to

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(1904–1982), an Oxford friend of

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who was considered an inspiration for

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in ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Frederick 1820 births 1888 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain English people of Scottish descent High Sheriffs of Cumberland