Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet, (9 July 1823 – 2 June 1901) was a

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and member of the

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Life

The Graham-Montgomery grave east of Kinross House

Graham-Montgomery entered the House of Commons in 1852 as a

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for

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, and held the seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk. He was returned for the newly unified constituency, and held it through 1880. In 1885 his daughter Alice married

Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889), styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861, was a British soldier, po ...

but she had no children. He was a junior

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from 1866 until 1868. He was also

Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire: *George Graham 17 March 1794 – 18 December 1801 * William Adam 30 January 1802 – 17 February 1839 * Sir Charles Adam 28 March 1839 – 16 September 1853 ...

from 1854 until his death in 1901. He lived in

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and is buried east of the house on the edge of Loch Leven. His family lie with him.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham-Montgomery, Graham, 3rd Baronet 1823 births 1901 deaths Nobility from the Scottish Borders Lord-lieutenants of Kinross-shire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912)