Thomas Graham (c. 1666 – 14 May 1733) was

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to King George I and George II, and was apothecary general to the British army. Graham served his apprenticeship in Scotland, from which country he hailed, and was admitted as a "foreign brother" of the

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on 14 September 1698. Thomas died at his home in Pall Mall in London and was buried at

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, where a wall plaque commemorates him and his wife Anne. His son was

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(c. 1695–1788) who was apothecary to King George II,

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and Chelsea College Hospital. A granddaughter- Daniel's daughter, Henrietta- was the mother of

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.Essays in Biography, J. M. Keynes, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1933, p. 96

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Will of Thomas Graham, His Majesty's Apothecary in London of Garthmore, PerthshirePall Mall, North Side, Past Buildings
1733 deaths 1660s births Scottish apothecaries 18th-century British pharmacists Pharmacists from London 17th-century Scottish pharmacists {{Scotland-med-bio-stub