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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 Duke of Montrose (named for Montrose, Angus) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created anew in 1707, for James Graham, 4th Marquess of Montrose, great-grandson of famed James Graham, 1st Marquess ...

. He was the son and successor of James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose and Chief of

Clan Graham Clan Graham (''Greumaich nan Cearc'' ) is a Scottish clan who had territories in both the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands, with one main branch Montrose, and various cadet branches. The chief of the clan rose to become the Marquess and later ...

Early life

Douglas Graham was born in 1852, the third and eldest surviving son of the 4th Duke of Montrose and Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford. His mother was a daughter of John Horsley-Beresford, 2nd Lord Decies, a grandson of

Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (16 July 1694 – 4 April 1763), known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet, until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician. Background He was the on ...

. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

and succeeded his father in 1874.

Career

He joined the

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in 1872, transferred to the

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in 1874, and retired in 1878. Later he was Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He served in the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...

(medal and two clasps). He was appointed a

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in 1879 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1917. He was also aide-de-camp to HM the King. He was

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from 1885 to 1925, Hereditary Sheriff of

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(now

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), Lord Clerk Register from 1890 until his death, and

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in 1916–1917. In January 1900 he accepted the Presidency of the Scotland Branch of the

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Personal life

Lord Graham married Violet Hermione Graham, daughter of Sir Frederick Graham 3rd Baronet of Netherby and his wife Lady Jane Hermione Seymour (daughter of

Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset Edward Adolphus Seymour (later St. Maur), 12th Duke of Somerset, etc., (20 December 180428 November 1885), styled Lord Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th ce ...

); they had five children: * James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose (1878–1954), married Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton and had issue. * Lady Helen Violet Graham (1879–1945), died without issue. * Lady Hermione Emily Graham (1882–1978), who married Sir Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel and had issue. * Lord Douglas Malise Graham (born 1883), who married the Hon. Rachael Mary Holland * Lord Alastair Mungo Graham (born 1886), who married Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst Montrose died in December 1925 in a nursing home at 6 Park Gardens in the

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. He passed on the title to his son the 6th Duke of Montrose.

References

External links

Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose
at the National Portrait Gallery, London {{DEFAULTSORT:Montrose, Douglas Graham, 5th Duke Of 1852 births 1925 deaths Coldstream Guards officers 5th Royal Irish Lancers officers Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War 205 Knights of the Thistle Lord-Lieutenants of Stirlingshire Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Douglas People educated at Eton College