Brigadier-General William Graham (died 29 September 1747) was a

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officer from Balliheridon,

county Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

, Ireland.

Biography

Graham joined the Army as an ensign in the 2nd (Queen's) Regiment of Foot on 1 September 1706,Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714'', vol. 6 (1904
p. 66, n. 11

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for 1740
p. 16
and was present at the

Battle of Almanza The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spanish throne, and one supporting his Habsburg rival, Archduke Charle ...

, where he was taken prisoner. He was promoted to lieutenant on 2 March 1710 and served in the expedition to Canada in 1711. On 23 March 1723 he became lieutenant-colonel of the Queen's Regiment, and on 12 August 1741 he was promoted to colonel of the 54th (later 43rd) Regiment of Foot. He transferred to the colonelcy of the 11th Regiment of Foot on 7 February 1746, was promoted to brigadier-general on 18 April 1746, and took part in the

raid on Lorient The raid on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29 September to 10 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was planned as an attempt to force the French to withdraw their forc ...

. He died on 29 September 1747.

Family

William Graham was the son of Arthur Graham. His daughter and heir, Alice, married Joshua McGeough, of Drumsill, Co. Armargh, progenitor of the McGough-Bond family of Drumsill.

References

1747 deaths British Army brigadiers British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession British military personnel of Queen Anne's War British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession Queen's Royal Regiment officers Devonshire Regiment officers 43rd Regiment of Foot officers Military personnel from County Armagh Year of birth unknown {{British-Army-bio-stub