Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet of Netherby, (2 April 1820 – 8 March 1888) was a British diplomat, soldier and landowner.

Early life

The scion of an old Scots family seated at

Netherby Hall Arthuret is a civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,434, increasing to 2,471 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the town of Longtown and the village of Easton. It is bounded by the River Es ...

, 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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. A notable ancestor was

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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

Graham was a

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in the

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and a Captain in the Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry. Entering the

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, he served as

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in 1842 while his father was Home Secretary. In 1847, he travelled on a hunting expedition across western Canada, documented in ''Notes of a Sporting Expedition in the Far West of Canada'' (published posthumously by Lady Graham in 1898). 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 Justice of the Peace for Cumberland, and

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in 1866.

Personal life

In 1852, 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 Clan Mackintosh in 1875. After his death, she married

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

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in 1876. * Sibyl Marcia Graham (1857–1887), who married Robert Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton (later 1st Marquess of Crewe) in 1880. * Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet (1859–1932), who married his cousin, Olivia Baring, sister of Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet. 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. * Hilda Georgina Graham (1859–1946), who married

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. * 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. 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 Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet (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