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

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baronet 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 member 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. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1866 until 1868. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire from 1854 until his death in 1901. He lived in Kinross House and is buried east of the house on the edge of

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. His family lie with him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham-Montgomery, Graham, 3rd Baronet 1823 births 1901 deaths 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 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies