Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Graham-Montgomery, 4th Baronet (1850 - 7 November 1902) was a Scottish

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officer and landowner.

Biography

Graham-Montgomery was the son of

Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet, (9 July 1823 – 2 June 1901) was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons. Life Graham-Montgomery entered the House of Commons in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and he ...

(1823–1901) and Alice Hope Johnstone (d.1890). He was educated at

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, and succeeded his father in the title of Baronet Montgomery of Stanhope in June 1901. With his succession, he also inherited Stobo Castle, in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peeblesshire. The Manor of Stobo had been the family seat of the

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from 1767, and the castle itself was constructed between 1803 and 1811 for his grandfather

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, then remodelled for his father who also had the grounds redesigned in 1872.

Military career

Graham-Montgomery was commissioned into the

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as a

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in 1869, and saw active service with his regiment in

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during the

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in 1882, where he was present at the Battle of Tell El Kebir. For his service he received the

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and the

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. He retired from the army in 1889 with the rank of

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Death

Graham-Montgomery met with a violent death on 7 November 1902, when he was hit by a train near Seaton Junction railway station,

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. He was traveling by train from Edinburgh to London St. Pancras and had apparently opened the door of a compartment while the train was in motion, and fallen on the line, where he was hit by a passing train on the neighbouring track. His head was badly injured and one foot was severed. He died 10 minutes after the accident. He was unmarried, and the title and estate was inherited by his brother, Sir Basil Templer Graham-Montgomery, 5th Baronet.

References

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