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John Fleming - Lord
born - Scotland - Biggar, Lanarkshire 1567
died - Scotland - Biggar, Lanarkshire 16 APR 1619
married -.Scotland - Montrose, Angus 13 JAN 1585
Lillias Graham - Lady
born - Scotland - Montrose, Lanarkshire 1570
died - Scotland - Biggar Cumbernauld, Lanarkshir 1605 - 1625
or death - Scotland - Inchbrakie, Perth
Children
1.Thomas Fleming
2. Lord John Fleming

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John GRAHAM - 3rd Earl of Montrose
"He was a natural great-grandson of King James IV of Scotland, his maternal
grandmother, Janet Fleming, being a royal bastard."
born - Scotland - Montrose, Lanarkshire 1540
died - Scotland - New Montrose 9 Nov 1608
married -.
Jean DRUMMOND - Hon
born - Scotland - Machany, Perth 1548
died - Scotland - Mar 1567
Children
1.Lady Lillias GRAHAM

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Robert GRAHAM - Lord
born - Scotland - Knockdolion, Ayershire 1521
died - Scotland - Battle Pinkie - 1547
married -.
Margaret Malcolm FLEMMING
born - Scotland - Biggar Cumbermauld, Lankashire 1536
died - Scotland 15 Mar 1586
Children
1.John (3rd Earl of Montrose) GRAHAM

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William Graham - 2nd Earl of Montrose
born - Scotland -
died - Scotland - 24 MAY 1571
married -.DEC 1515
Jane (Janet) KEITH - Lady
"Info 1 10 children. Duaughter of 3rd Earl of Mariscal"
born - Scotland - Before 25 AUG 1547
died - Scotland
Children
1. Robert Lord Graham
2. Alexander Graham
3. Mungo (of Rathernis and Orchil) Graham
4. William (Rectot of Killearn) Graham
5. Margaret Graham
6. Janet (of Montrose) Graham
7. Christian Graham
8. Nicholas Graham
9. Elizabeth (of Montrose) Graham
10. Agnes Graham

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2nd Earl of Montrose - GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Montrose 24 May 1571
died - Scotland - Kincardine, Blackford, Perthshire 1571
married -.
Jane (Janet) KEITH - Lady
born - Scotland 1547
died - Scotland
Children
1. Robert Lord GRAHAM

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William Graham - 1st Earl of Montrose
born - Scotland -
died - Scotland - battle of Flodden
"See Burke's Peerage under "Montrose"
married -.25 NOV 1479
Annabel Drummond
born - Scotland
died - Scotland
Children
1. William Graham
2. Jonet Graham

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Patrick Graham
born - Scotland - Angusshire,Kincardineshire 1419
died - Scotland -
married -.
Christian Erskine
born - Scotland - Glenesk,Angusshire 1420
died - Scotland
Children
1. Janet Graham
2. Janet Graham
3. William Graham
4. William Graham
5. David Graham
6.Janet GRAHAM
7. James GRAHAM
8. Robert GRAHAM
9 Elizabeth Graham
10. Janet Graham

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Alexander Graham
born - Scotland - Kincardineshire 1380
died - Scotland - "1420 in VP"
married -.
Elizabeth Of Scotland
born - Scotland - Angusshire, Kincardineshire 1398
died - Scotland
Children
1.Patrick Graham

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William GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Kincardine, Blackford, Perthshire : 1361
died - Scotland - 1424
married -.Perthshire - 1385
Mariota OLIPHANT
born - Scotland - Aberdalgie,Perthshire 1365
died - Scotland
Children
1. Alexander GRAHAM
2.John GRAHAM
3. Elizabeth GRAHAM

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Patrick GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Dundaff & Kincardine, Blackford, Perthshire 1320
died - Scotland - 10 Aug 1412
married -.Kincardine, Fife 1360
Matilda 'Maud
born - Scotland - Kincardine, Angusshire
died - Scotland
Children
1. William GRAHAM
2. Matilda GRAHAM

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David V GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Kincardine, Perthshire 1295
died - Scotland - Montrose Castle, Angusshire
married -.
unknown
born - Scotland 1298
died - Scotland
Children
1.Patrick GRAHAM
2.David GRAHAM

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David IV GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Kincardine, Perthshire 1276
died - Scotland - Montrose Castle, Angusshire Jun 1329
married -.
Annabelle STRATHEARN
born - Scotland 1267
died - Scotland
Children
1. David V GRAHAM
2. Margaret GRAHAM
3. John GRAHAM

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Patrick GRAHAM
born - Scotland -Kincardine, Perthshire 1235
died - Battle of Dunbar 28 Apr 1296
married -.
Annabella
born - Scotland - Stratheran, Perthshirem 1358
died - Scotland
Children
1. David IV GRAHAM

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David III GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Dalkeith & Abercorn, Monteith, Perthshire 1206
died - Scotland - 1270
married -.
Annabella
born - Scotland - Ruthven, Perth 1212
died - Scotland
Children
1.Patrick GRAHAM
2.John GRAHAM
3. David GRAHAM

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David II GRAHAM
born - Scotland - Kinnabar, Forfarshire 1185
died - Scotland - Dundaff Castle, Fisherton, Dunure, Ayrshire
married -.
Agnes NOBLE
born - Scotland 1190
died - Scotland
Children
1.David III GRAHAM

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David I GRAHAM - Laird Of Kinnabar - Sir
born - Scotland - Montrose Castle, Angusshire 1165
died - Scotland - Kinnabar, Forfarshire
married -.1182
Anabel DE FAUNES
born - Scotland 1170
died - Scotland
Children
1David II GRAHAM

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John GRAHAM
born - Scotland -Dalkeith & Abercorn, Monteith, Perthshire 1126
died - Scotland -
married -.
unknown
born - Scotland 1129
died - Scotland
Children
1. David I GRAHAM

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William GRAHAM
born - Scotland -Montrose Castle, Angusshire 1098
died - Scotland -
married -.
unknown
born - Scotland - 1102
died - Scotland
Children
1. Peter GRAHAM
2John GRAHAM

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"1st Earl Of Menteith. The first Earl of Montrose was created in 1504 of William, 3rd
Lord Gra ham, who died fighting at Flodden in 1513.
William, third Lord Graham, sat in the first parliament of King James the Fourth, 1488;
and o n 3d March, 1504-5, he was created Earl of Montrose, a charter being granted
to him of that d ate, of his hereditary lands of "Auld Montrose", which were then
erected into a free barony a nd earldom to be called the barony and earldom of
Montrose. It is from these lands, therefore , and not from the town of Montrose, that
the family take their titles of earl and duke. He f ell at the battle of Flodden, 9th
September 1513. He was thrice married. By his first wife, A nnabella, daughter of
Lord Drummond, he had a son, second Earl of Montrose; by his second wif e, Janet,
a daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, he had three daughters; and b
y his third wife, Christian Wavance of Segy, daughter of Thomas Wavance of
Stevenston, and wi dow of the ninth Lord Halyburton of Dirleton, two sons, Patrick,
ancestor of the Graems of In chbrakie, Perthshire; and Andrew, consecrated bishop
of Dunblane in 1575, and the first prote stant bishop of that see.
In 1504 Lord Graham, on account of his gallantry was made 1st Earl of Montrose . He
would g o on to lead part of the Scottish Vanguard against the English at the Battle of
Flodden Fiel d in 1513, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars where he was slain. The Clan
Graham were among t he clans who fought against the English at the Battle of Pinkie
Cleugh 1547, where the eldes t son of the second Earl, Robert, Lord Graham was
slain"

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"William Graham, 2nd Lord Graham gained the title of 2nd Lord Graham.
Citations
[S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The
Bodley He ad, 1999), page 228. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
[S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan
Warrand an d Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England,
Scotland, Ireland, Great B ritain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant,
new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-19 59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan
Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 53 . Hereinafter cited as The Complete
Peerage.
[S18 ] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford,
U.K.: Oxfo rd University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National
Biography."

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Patrick Graham
Christian Erskine

"1st Lord Baron
Patrick Graham, of Kincardine, the son of Alexander, the eldest son, succeeded his
grandfathe r, and was created a peer of parliament in 1451, under the title of Lord
Graham. He died in 1 465. His only son, William, second Lord Graham, married lady
Anne Douglas, eldest daughter o f the fourth earl of Angus, and had two sons,
William, third Lord Graham, and George, ancesto r of the Grahams of Calendar, and
two daughters, Jean, married to the second Lord Ogilvy of A irlie, and Christian,
married, first to James Haldane of Gleneagles, and secondly, to Sir Tho mas Maule
of Panmure.
The family?s landholdings and power grew throughout the centuries. Patrick Graham
of Kincardi ne was created a peer in 1451 with the title, ?Lord Graham?. The Clan
Graham fought at the Ba ttle of Sauchieburn which was fought on June 11, 1488, at
the side of Sauchie Burn, a broo k about two miles south of Stirling , Scotland. The
battle was fought between as many as 30,0 00 troops of King James III and some
18,000 troops raised by Scottish nobles who favored th e King's then-15-year-old
son, Prince James who would become King James IV.Patrick Graham, 1s t Lord
Graham gained the title of 1st Lord Graham. He held the office of Archbishop of St. An
drews.He was also reported to have died in 1466. He has an extensive biographical
entry in t he Dictionary of National Biography.
Citations
[S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The
Bodley He ad, 1999), page 228. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
[S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan
Warrand an d Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England,
Scotland, Ireland, Great B ritain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant,
new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-19 59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan
Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 53 . Hereinafter cited as The Complete
Peerage.
[S18 ] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford,
U.K.: Oxfo rd University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National
Biography"

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"Baron (Vp) Vitre Patris (Died before Father)
Will Proved: 8 Jan 1421
"Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective
Bearing or entitled to bear heraldic arms.
The reas on the notion of a family crest was brought into the language was that those
who wer
e armige rous (entitled to bear arms) used to put their crest or achievement (the full
coat of arms) o n their carriage, silver, etc. The stationers thought this an excellent
way to sell more stat ionary and, in Victorian times, encouraged everybody, whether
armigerous or not, to buy stati onary with their "family crest" on it. There was no such
thing of course and they used to sel l it (and some still do) on the basis that
"someone in your family or someone having the sam e surname as you was once
granted this crest - as part of their achievement. Thereby they sol d more stationery.
And engravers flourished. The Heralds, meanwhile, lost a bit of business a s their
services (awarding coats with variations because no two people can have the same
coat ) were less sought after.
The Shields used are family Logos, each individual with armigerou s rights had
individual ful
l coats of arms to reflect their personal achievements"

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"Baron. Duke of Montrose
Sir William Graham, son of Sir Patrick, was, like his father, twice married. By his first
wif e, Mariota, daughter of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie, he had a son whose
descendants carri ed on the Kincardine line; but secondly, he also made, like his
father, a royal alliance, mar rying the Princess Mary, second daughter of King Robert
III. This lady had already been twic e married, to George, Earl of Angus, and to Sir
James Kennedy of Dunure, and after Sir Willia m Graham?s death she married a
fourth husband, Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath. By his un ion with this
Princess, Sir William Graham became ancestor of the Grahams of Fintry, of who m
one was the very useful friend to Robert Burns; likewise of the Grahams of
Claverhouse, th e most famous of whom was that John Graham, Viscount Dundee,
immortalised by Sir Walter Scot t in the song "Bonnie Dundee," who lives in
Covenanting annals as the best hated of the roya l officers, and in the history of his
time as the brilliant commander of the forces of Jame s VII. in Scotland, who fell at the
moment of victory at the battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 . Another of the sons of Sir
Walter Graham and the Princess Mary was Patrick, Bishop of St. A ndrews, who
prevailed upon Pope Sextus V. to declare the Scottish Church completely independe
nt of the Archbishop of York, and to erect St. Andrews into a bishopric, who was sent
back t o Scotland as papal legate, only to find his efforts at reform raise a storm
among the Scotti sh nobles and bishops, who procured his ruin and his
imprisonment in Loch Leven Castle, wher e he died in 1478. From the same pair
were also descended the Graemes of Garvock, and the gal lant Sir Thomas Graeme,
the hero of Barossa, who was made Lord Lynedoch in 1814.Sir William G raham
himself was for a time, along with others of the first rank and consequence, a hostag
e in England for the great Earl of Douglas who had been captured at the battle of
Homildon Hi ll; and while there it is likely that he made the acquaintance of the young
King James I., th en also a prisoner at the English court. He was succeeded by his
grandson, Patrick Graham o f Kincardine, who, after acting as one of the Lords of the
Regency following the assassinatio n of James I., was made a Lord of Parliament
about the year 1445 by the title of Lord Graham . William, his son, the second Lord
Graham, married Lady Ann Douglas, daughter of George, fou rth Earl of Angus, "the
Red Douglas" of James II.?s time, who in Scottish tradition is rememb ered as
having "put down the Black." The third Lord Graham took part in 1488 at the battle o f
Sauchieburn, in which James III. fell. In that battle the King?s rearward division was
comm anded by Graham, Earl of Menteith, with Lords Erskine and Graham as his
lieutenants, and, a t a later day, in 1504, on account of his gallantry, Lord Graham
was made Earl of Montrose. S till later, at the battle of Flodden in 1513, he led part of
the Scottish vanguard along wit h the Earl of Crawford, and fell along with his royal
master on the disastrous field. By hi s third wife, a daughter of Lord Halyburton, the
Earl was the ancestor of the Grahams of Inch braikie, while his eldest son, the
second Earl, was ancestor, through the youngest of his fou r sons, of the Grahams of
Orchil and Killearn.
Of this Menteith family came William Graham, Earl of Menteith, Chief Justice and
President o f the Council of Scotland in Charles I.?s time, who petitioned that King,
and had the earldo m of Strathearn restored to him, but who foolishly proceeded to go
about wagging his head an d hinting significantly of "blood that was redder than the
King?s" and his "cousin Charles o n the throne." The matter was brought to the notice
of Charles by Drummond of Hawthornden i n his "Considerations to the King," and as
a result the poor nobleman was forthwith strippe d of both his earldoms and all his
offices, and only after a time re-admitted to the Scottis h peerage as Earl of Airth.
Meanwhile the main line of the Grahams of Kincardine went on. Sir William Graham,
son of Si r Patrick, was, like his father, twice married. By his first wife, Mariota,
daughter of Sir J ohn Oliphant of Aberdalgie, he had a son whose descendants
carried on the Kincardine line; bu t secondly, he also made, like his father, a royal
alliance, marrying the Princess Mary, seco nd daughter of King Robert III. This lady
had already been twice married, to George, Earl o f Angus, and to Sir James Kennedy
of Dunure, and after Sir William Graham?s death she marrie d a fourth husband, Sir
William Edmonstone of Duntreath. By his union with this Princess, Si r William
Graham became ancestor of the Grahams of Fintry, of whom one was the very useful
fr iend to Robert Burns; likewise of the Grahams of Claverhouse, the most famous of
whom was tha t John Graham, Viscount Dundee, immortalised by Sir Walter Scott in
the song "Bonnie Dundee, " who lives in Covenanting annals as the best hated of the
royal officers, and in the histor y of his time as the brilliant commander of the forces of
James VII. in Scotland, who fell a t the moment of victory at the battle of Killiecrankie in
1689. Another of the sons of Sir Wa lter Graham and the Princess Mary was Patrick,
Bishop of St. Andrews, who prevailed upon Pop e Sextus V. to declare the Scottish
Church completely independent of the Archbishop of York , and to erect St. Andrews
into a bishopric, who was sent back to Scotland as papal legate, o nly to find his
efforts at reform raise a storm among the Scottish nobles and bishops, who pr
ocured his ruin and his imprisonment in Loch Leven Castle, where he died in 1478.
From the sa me pair were also descended the Graemes of Garvock, and the gallant
Sir Thomas Graeme, the he ro of Barossa, who was made Lord Lynedoch in 1814.Sir
William Graham himself was for a time , along with others of the first rank and
consequence, a hostage in England for the great Ear l of Douglas who had been
captured at the battle of Homildon Hill; and while there it is like ly that he made the
acquaintance of the young King James I., then also a prisoner at the Engl ish court.
He was succeeded by his grandson, Patrick Graham of Kincardine, who, after actin g
as one of the Lords of the Regency following the assassination of James I., was
made a Lor d of Parliament about the year 1445 by the title of Lord Graham. William,
his son, the secon d Lord Graham, married Lady Ann Douglas, daughter of George,
fourth Earl of Angus, "the Red D ouglas" of James II.?s time, who in Scottish tradition
is remembered as having "put down th e Black." The third Lord Graham took part in
1488 at the battle of Sauchieburn, in which Jame s III. fell. In that battle the King?s
rearward division was commanded by Graham, Earl of Men teith, with Lords Erskine
and Graham as his lieutenants, and, at a later day, in 1504, on acc ount of his
gallantry, Lord Graham was made Earl of Montrose. Still later, at the battle of F lodden
in 1513, he led part of the Scottish vanguard along with the Earl of Crawford, and fel l
along with his royal master on the disastrous field. By his third wife, a daughter of Lor
d Halyburton, the Earl was the ancestor of the Grahams of Inchbraikie, while his
eldest son , the second Earl, was ancestor, through the youngest of his four sons, of
the Grahams of Orc hil and Killearn.William, Lord Graham of Kincardine, had as his
second wife the Lady Mary Ste wart, second daughter of Robert III., who was a much
married lady. In 1397 she married Georg e Douglas, first Earl of Angus of that family.
Her second husband was Sir James Kennedy of Du nure, in Ayrshire. Sir William
Graham was her third husband, and after his decease she wedde d Sir William
Edmonston of Duntreath. There were several things to attract her to Strathdicht y. The
jointure-house of her mother, Queen Annabella Drummond, was there. Her first
husband , Earl of Angus, was the suprior of all the property, and so she persuaded
her third husband , William, Lord Graham, to take up a residence in that district. Lady
Mary?s eldest son was S ir Robert Graham of Strathcarron and Fintry. Sir Robert?s
second wife was a daughter of the E arl of Angus, thus forming another tie with
Strathdichty. By her he became ancestor of the Gr ahams of Claverhouse. His
great-grandson first assumed the latter territorial title, and wa s contemporary with
that Sir David Graham who built Mains Castle."


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"a chief of the Grahams.Sir Knight
It is of this Sir Patrick Graham that the story is told in Winton?s Chronicle, how, having
re turned from a visit to France, he was challenged by Lord Richard Talbot to run a
course i n a tournament, and was wounded through his habergeon. During the
supper which followed, an E nglish knight asked Graham to run three courses on the
morrow. " Sir Knight," replied the Sco tsman, "if you would joust with me I advise you
to rise early and confess, after which you wi ll soon be delivered." The jest proved
true, for on the morrow in the first course Graham pie rced the English knight deep
through the harness, and he died on the spot.
Sir Patrick Graham was twice married. William, his son by his first wife, was his
successor , and ancestor of the great House of Montrose, For his second wife Sir
Patrick married Egidia , daughter of Sir John Stewart of Ralston, half-brother of King
Robert II., and by her he ha d four sons, of whom the eldest, Sir Patrick Graham,
married Eupheme, Countess of Strathearn , only daughter of David, Earl of
Strathearn, eldest son of King Robert II., by his second ma rriage with Euphemia
Ross. In right of his wife, Graham became Earl of Strathearn, and also b rought
himself and his descendants into the great struggle, in which the children by King
Rob ert?s second marriage claimed the crown on the pretext that the King?s first
marriage to Eliz abeth Mure of Rowallan had not been a lawful one. This Sir Patrick
Graham was killed in 141 3 by Sir John Drummond, and left an only child, Malise,
also known as Earl of Strathearn. I t was he whom King James I. deprived of the
earldom, on the plea that it was a male fief, an d made Earl of Menteith instead; and it
was this action which moved the Earl?s uncle, Sir Rob ert Graham, to renounce his
allegiance, and to plot and carry out the assassination of the Ki ng at Perth. It should
be remembered, however, that in this plot Earl Malise himself seems t o have had no
share. He lived till 1492, and left three sons, from the eldest of whom descend ed the
Earls of Menteith and Airth, and from the second, Sir John Graham of Kilbryde, near
Do une, known for his valour as "Sir John with the bright sword," the Grahams of the
Debatable L and, now represented by the Grahams of Esk, of Netherby, and of
Norton-Conyers, and of whom c ame Sir Richard Graham, Viscount Preston, who
was twice arrested and twice pardoned for the p art he played on the side Qf James
VII. during the troubles of the Revolution. Of this Mentei th family came William
Graham, Earl of Menteith, Chief Justice and President of the Council o f Scotland in
Charles I.?s time, who petitioned that King, and had the earldom of Strathear n
restored to him, but who foolishly proceeded to go about wagging his head and
hinting signi ficantly of "blood that was redder than the King?s" and his "cousin
Charles on the throne." T he matter was brought to the notice of Charles by
Drummond of Hawthornden in his "Considerati ons to the King," and as a result the
poor nobleman was forthwith stripped of both his earldo ms and all his offices, and
only after a time re?admitted to the Scottish peerage as Earl o f Airth. After the
accession of King James VI. to the English throne, the Grahams of the Deba table
Land, who by their turbulence had been something of a problem to both kingdoms,
were tr ansported to the north of Ireland, the county of Cumberland being taxed to the
amount of £40 8 19s. 9d. sterling for the purpose, and they are still among the
stoutest of the Ulster me n who form the backbone of Irish prosperity at the present
hour. It is said to have been rega rding this transportation that the song Sweet
Ennerdale " was written to the pathetic air " I will awa? and will not tarry." It is
preserved in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border?, a nd runs as follows:
"Now fare thee well, sweet Ennerdale,
Baith kith and countrie, I bid adieu,
For I maun away , and I may not stay,
To some uncouth land which I never knew.
To wear the blue I think it best
Of all the colours that I see,
And I?ll wear it for the gall ant Grahams,
That are banished from their am countrie.
I have no gold, I have no land,
I have no pearl nor precious stane,
But I would sell my silke n snood,
To see the gallant Gralianis come hame.
In Wallace days, when they began,
Sir John the Graham did bear the gre;
Through all the land s of Scotland wide,
He was the Lord of the south countrie.
And so was seen full many a tim;
For the summer flowers did never spring,
But every Graham i n armour bright
Would then appear before the king.
They all were dressed in armour sheen,
Upon the pleasant banks of Tay,
Before a king they mig ht be seen
These gallant Grahams in array.
Much interesting information regarding the later earls of Menteith?including that last,
mos t pathetic figure of all, the Beggar Earl who died under a hedge, and lies buried
in Bonhil l kirkyard?is to be found in the writings of Mr. R. B. Cunninghame Graham,
late of Gartmore , now of Ardoch, who is said himself to have grounds for making a
formal claim to the earldom .Meanwhile the main line of the Grahams of Kincardine
went on.
It is of this Sir Patrick Graham that the story is told in Winton?s Chronicle, how, having
re turned from a visit to France, he was challenged by Lord Richard Talbot to run a
course i n a tournament, and was wounded through his habergeon. During the
supper which followed, an E nglish knight asked Graham to run three courses on the
morrow. " Sir Knight," replied the Sco tsman, "if you would joust with me I advise you
to rise early and confess, after which you wi ll soon be delivered." The jest proved
true, for on the morrow in the first course Graham pie rced the English knight deep
through the harness, and he died on the spot.Sir Patrick Graha m was twice married.
William, his son by his first wife, was his successor, and ancestor of t he great
House of Montrose, For his second wife Sir Patrick married Egidia, daughter of Sir J
ohn Stewart of Ralston, half-brother of King Robert II., and by her he had four sons, of
who m the eldest, Sir Patrick Graham, married Eupheme, Countess of Strathearn,
only daughter of D avid, Earl of Strathearn, eldest son of King Robert II., by his second
marriage with Euphemi a Ross. In right of his wife, Graham became Earl of
Strathearn, and also brought himself an d his descendants into the great struggle, in
which the children by King Robert?s second marr iage claimed the crown on the
pretext that the King?s first marriage to Elizabeth Mure of Row allan had not been a
lawful one. This Sir Patrick Graham was killed in 1413 by Sir John Drumm ond, and
left an only child, Malise, also known as Earl of Strathearn. It was he whom King Ja
mes I. deprived of the earldom, on the plea that it was a male fief, and made Earl of
Menteit h instead; and it was this action which moved the Earl?s uncle, Sir Robert
Graham, to renounc e his allegiance, and to plot and carry out the assassination of
the King at Perth. It shoul d be remembered, however, that in this plot Earl Malise
himself seems to have had no share. H e lived till 1492, and left three sons, from the
eldest of whom descended the Earls of Mentei th and Airth, and from the second, Sir
John Graham of Kilbryde, near Doune, known for his val our as "Sir John with the
bright sword," the Grahams of the Debatable Land, now represented b y the
Grahams of Esk, of Netherby, and of Norton-Conyers, and of whom came Sir Richard
Graham , Viscount Preston, who was twice arrested and twice pardoned for the part
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"A personage remarkable for patriotism and valour, Sir David Graham, of Kincardine
and Old Mon trose, was one of the Scottish barons employed to negotiate the ransom
of David II, King of S cots. On 26 September 1357, he sat in parliament when the
treaty for the release of David I I was approved, and was one of the guarantees. On 27
March 1371 at Scone, he took the oath o f homage and fealty to Robert II, King of
Scots and, on 4 April 1373, witnessed the second Ac t of Settlement of the Crown of
Scotland.
Sir David's son, also Sir David, styled of " Auld Monros," accompanying king David the
Secon d in his unfortunate expedition to England in 1346, was taken prisoner with
that monarch at t he battle of Durham 17th October of that year. In 1354 he was one of
the commissioners for ne gotiating the ransom of the king, and one of his hostages,
as was also Sir Patrick his son. H e died in 1364.
Sir David Graham, son of the purchaser of Old Montrose, was also remarkable for
patriotism an d valour. It was he who, at the approach of the English at the battle of
Durham in 1346, earn estly besought King David II. to order the Scottish cavalry to
charge the English archers. "G ive me," he cried, as these archers came nearer and
nearer, "Give me but a hundred horse an d I will scatter them all." Then, even this
being refused him, the brave baron, followed onl y by his own vassals, rode against
the bowmen. But it was too late; the deadly shower was alr eady on the way, and the
day was lost. Graham?s horse was shot under him and he himself wit h difficulty
escaped, while the King, grievously wounded by two arrows, was captured. Graha m
was one of the Scottish barons who afterwards secured the ransom of David II from
the English. To secure the King?s freedom, Sir David?s son, afterwards Sir Patrick
Graham, was for a t ime one of the Scottish hostages in England."

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Sir David de Graham, a favorite name among the early Grahams, was also designed
of Kincardine . He was a strenuous assertor of the independence of Scotland, and a
faithful adherent of Rob ert the Bruce. He was one of the persons excepted out of the
general conditions of the pacifi cation made by Edward with the Scots, 9th February
1303-4, as it was provided that he shoul d be banished from Scotland for six months.
From Robert the First, in consideration of his go od and faithful services, he had
several grants, and he exchanged with that monarch his prope rty of Cardross in
Dumbartonshire for the lands of 'Old Montrose" in Forfarshire. He was on e of the
nobles who, in 1820, signed the famous letter to the pope, asserting the
independenc e of Scotland, and in 1323 he was one of the guarantees of a treaty with
the English. He die d in 1327. Among other persons of the name who signed the
letter to the pope were John de Gra ham and Patrick de Graham, the latter styled
Chivaler d'Escoce, who for his adherence to Bruc e was sent prisoner to England in
1303.-- Clan Graham is a Scottish clan who had territorie s in both the Scottish
Highlands and Lowlands.There is a legend that says the Roman Antonin e Wall was
broken by Graeme, a great Caledonian chief, as he drove the Roman legions out o f
his country. This, unfortunately, might never be proven. From the records available,
the fi rst Graham known in Scotland was Sir William de Graham, a knight who
accompanied David I, Eng land?s premier baron, on his journey north to claim the
Scottish crown.The early history of t he Grahams in Scotland is not easily understood.
One theory is that there were similar name s from the Celtic "Greamach" (grim) or the
Saxon "Gram" (fierce). There is a tradition in Sco tland that the daughter of a Gryme
married a King of the Scots, Fergus II. The Celts and Saxo ns disappeared or were
swallowed up by the descendants of "Lez Grames" of Norman origin. Som e say that
the original Grahams in Scotland were Picts, established long before the Normans c
ame into Scotland. Solid information has established the Norman descent of the
Grahams. The N ormans were originally of Viking descent and a Graham lineage
goes back into Scandinavia. Lis ted in the Doomsday Book of William the Conqueror
is a place that was known as "Graeg Ham" i n the 10th Century in England, now
known as Grantham. The Normans were in Scotland in the 12t h century. William De
Graeme personally witnessed the signing of the charter founding the Abb ey of
Holyrood in 1128. From this line descended the Montrose line of Grahams, one of the
mos t distinguished families of Scotland. Twice the Montrose Grahams married into
the royal famil y. From these came some notable men. First among them was Sir
John Graham, right hand man t o the Great Wallace, killed in the battle of Falkirk in
1298. Second was the Marquess of Mont rose , James Graham, poet, but above all,
the most distinguished soldier of his time. He wa s martyred in Edinburgh in 1650.
Third was John Graham, Viscount of Claverhouse , "Bonnie Dun dee", who died
whilst commanding the Jacobite Royalists during their victory over the Orang e
Royalists at the Battle of Killiecrankie . In John Stewart's book, The Grahams, he state
s that "Most Scottish Clans would be proud to have one great hero. The Grahams
have three." T here were, of course, many more besides these three towering figures.
Stewart also wrote, "I t is remarkable that the early Grahams were one and all
exceedingly capable men. In an age wh en the reputation of many great public
figures, alas, that of most of the Scottish nobility , were sullied by deeds of violence,
and often deeds of blackest treachery, it is refreshin g to find that the Grahams stand
out as loyal and true to the causes they espoused. Their sto ry is not one of rapid rise
to power through royal favor, or even at the expense of their pee rs, but rather a
gradual steady rise based on their undoubted ability and worthiness which se ems to
have endured from one generation to another." During the Wars of Scottish
Independenc e the Clan Graham fought at the Battle of Dunbar 1296 where Sir
Patrick Graham of Kincardin e was killed. The Clan Graham also fought at the Battle
of Falkirk (1298) where Sir John Gra ham, the right hand man of William Wallace was
killed. The Clan Graham also fought the Engli sh at the Battle of Durham in 1346, in
support of Robert the Bruce. The Clan Graham fought a t the Battle of Sauchieburn in
1488. In 1504 Lord Graham, on account of his gallantry was ma de Earl of Montrose .
He would go on to lead part of the Scottish Vanguard against the Englis h at the Battle
of Flodden Field in 1513 where he was slain. The Clan Graham were among th e
clans who fought against the English at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh 1547, where the
eldes t son of the second Earl, Robert, Lord Graham was slain. James Graham, 1st
Marquess of Montro se is victorious at the Battle of Tippermuir on 1st September
1644. Graham was fighting i n support of King Charles I.James Graham, 1st
Marquess of Montrose is victorious at the Battl e of Aberdeen on 13th September
1644. Again commanding forces loyal to King Charles I.In 164 5 James Graham at
the head of his Royalist forces took the opportunity to lay waste to the l ands of Clan
Arbuthnott this was because the Arbuthnotts who had previously been loyal to th e
Royalist cause had become sympethetic to the Covenanters . James Graham, 1st
Marquess of Mo ntrose is victorious at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645) . Commanding
forces loyal to King Cha rles I.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is victorious at the Battle of Auldearn on
9th May 16 45. Again commanding forces loyal to King Charles I.James Graham, 1st
Marquess of Montrose i s victorious at the Battle of Alford on 2nd July 1645. Again
commanding forces loyal to Kin g Charles I.James Graham, 1st Marquess of
Montrose is victorious at the Battle of Kilsyth o n 15th August 1645. Again
commanding forces loyal to King Charles I. Here Graham was supporte d by the
forces of Clan MacNab .
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is defeated at the Battle of Philiphaugh
13th Septemb er 1645. Again commanding forces loyal to King Charles I. Here
Graham was also supported by t he forces of Clan Douglas who were led by Chief
William Douglas, the 11th Earl of Angus .
During the Civil War the Clan MacKenzie Chief who was still in possession of the
Castle Chan onry of Ross was now known as the Earl of Seaforth . However in 1646
James Graham the 1st Ma rquess of Montrose laid siege to the castle and took it
from the MacKenzies after a siege o f four days.
James Graham, 1st Marquees of Montrose is defeated when he led an army of
German and Danish s oldiers at the Battle of Carbisdale (1650) . James Graham had
always been loyal to the Royali st cause. Interestingly he was defeated by forces who
were also loyal Royalists but were riva ls to the cause. James Graham had landed an
amry of foriegners in Rosshire and at the head o f them he was defeated at the Battle
of Carbisdale. His enemy was a combined force of Campbel l Argyll, Clan Munro,
Clan Ross and Clan Sutherland.John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee wh o led a
Royalist force is defeated at the Battle of Drumclog in 1679 by a force of Covenante
rs. John Graham of Claverhouse leads the Clan and is victorious at the Battle of
Killiecranki e in 1698. John Graham, Viscount of Claverhouse , "Bonnie Dundee",
died whilst commanding th e Jacobite Royalists during their victory over the Orange
Royalists at this battle.The Cla n Graham took no side in the Jacobite uprisings
1745-1746 and remained neutral. Sir John th e Graham, hero of the Wars of
Independence, rescued Wallace at Queensberry and was killed i n 1298 at the battle
of Falkirk, where his name is still perpetuated in the district of Graha mston. The
grave of this hero in Falkirk churchyard is still to be seen, with table stones o f three
successive periods above it. As an evidence of the honour in which his memory was
hel d, it is recalled that, after the second battle of Falkirk in 1746, when the Jacobites
wishe d to do special honour to one of their opponents, Chief of Clan Munro , Col. Sir
Robert Munr o who had fallen, they opened the grave of Sir John the Graham and
buried Sir Robert Munro b eside the dust of the hero. Sir Robert Munro had been
fighting at the front at the second bat tle of Falkirk, when the retreat was orderd for
Government troops he was surrounded by six Ja cobites, he killed at least two with
his pike before being shot by a Jacobite commander. On e great two-handed sword
of Sir John the Graham is preserved at Buchanan Castle by the Duke o f Montrose;
another was long in possession of the Grahams of Orchil, and is now treasured b y
the Free Mason Lodge at Auchterarder.
Legend has it that the first Graham was one Gramus who forced a breach in the
Roman Antonin e wall known as Graeme's Dyke in 420 A.D. However, historians
generally believe that the Grah ams were of Norman descent. The first record of the
name was William de Graham who received t he lands of Aberdeen and Dalkeith
from David 1 in 1127. From him descend all the Grahams of M ontrose . They
became numerous in Liddesdale and the Borders and later obtained lands in Stra
thearn and Lower Perthshi re, the area with which the clan is now associated. The
main line o f Graham chiefs were long and loyal supporters of the Scottish cause. Sir
John Graham of Dund aff, a friend and follower of Wallace was killed at the Battle of
Falkirk in 1298. His son S ir David received the lands of Montrose for faithful service to
King Robert the Bruce. The 3r d Lord Graham was created earl in 1504 and fell at
Flodden in 1513. James, the 5th earl was c reated Marquis of Montrose. Two of
Scotlands greatest generals have been provided by the Gra hams of Montrose.
James Graham, 1st Marquis led the war in Scotland on behalf of Charles I an d John
Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee (Bonnie Dundee), led the highly
successful camp aign for James VII during which time he managed to organise the
Highlanders into a strong sin gle force and gain great victories, notably the Battles of
Inverlochy and Killicrankie. He wa s so unreplaceable that the campaign collapsed
without him. It was the Marquis of Graham, lat er, Duke of Montrose who moved the
motion in parliament to repeal the Act of Proscription o f the Highland Dress passed
in 1782.
Clan Graham of Menteith William de Graham witnessed the charter of the Abbey of
Holyrood i n 1128, and was presented the lands of Dalkeith by King David I. Towards
the end of the twelf th century his descendant acquired the lands of Dundaff. Towards
the end of the fourteenth ce ntury Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff, second son of a chief
of the Grahams, married Euphemia , heiress of Prince David, Earl of Stratherne, son
of King Robert II. Their son, Malise Graha m, had the earldom of Stratherne removed
from him by King James I and given to his uncle, Rob ert Graham, on the grounds
that his mother should not have inherited a title whose descent wa s strictly through
the male line, but received the earldom of Menteith instead. Another Accou nt of the
Clan BADGE: Buaidh craobh (laureola) spurge laurel. PIBROCH: Blar Auldearn
(1645) ; Blar Raonruarai (1689); Cumha Chlabhers (1689). AMONG the ancient
names of Scotland ther e is none that can claim a higher antiquity than that of "the
gallant Grahams." Though the sp elling and pronunciation of the word Graham is
now Saxon , there is every reason to believe t hat its earlier form was Celtic, Graem or
Grim being said to be the Pictish word for soldier , and to be derived from Gruamach
or Gramach, "one of stern aspect." A legend, recounted by t he historians Fordoun,
Boece, and Buchanan, runs that it was one of the race who first, abou t the year 183,
broke through the Roman barrier between Forth and Clyde, and that it is fro m this
hero that the wall of Antoninus takes its popular name of Graeme?s Dyke. It is
possibl e, at the same time, that the name Graeme?s Dyke may be less romantically
derived from the wo rd "grym" of the ancient Cymric or British language, which
signifies strength. The Graemes o r Grahams, however, appear in authentic history at
a sufficiently early period. In 1128 Willi am de Graeme was a witness to the charter by
which King David founded the Abbey of Holyrood . In the following century the chief of
the house married a daughter of Malise, Earl of Strat hearn, and with her received
considerable lands in that district. From that time the principa l seat of the family was
Kincardine Castle, on the edge of the beautiful Kincardine Glen, nea r Auchterarder in
Strathearn This Sir Patrick de Graham was one of the Scottish knights who i n 1296
made the disastrous attempt to relieve the castle of Dunbar , held for King John Balio
l against the English by the famous Countess, Black Agnes. The historian
Hemingford tells ho w Sir Patrick, one of the noblest and wisest of the Scottish
barons, disdained to ask for qua rter, and fell in such gallant fashion as to extort the
admiration of the English themselves . The son of the marriage with the daughter of
the Earl of Strathearn was the famous Sir Joh n the Graeme, hero of the Wars of
Independence, who rescued Wallace at Queensberry, and was k illed in 1298 at the
battle of Falkirk, where his name is still perpetuated in the district o f Grahamston.
The lament for his death put into the mouth of Wallace by Henry the Minstrel fo rms
one of the finest passages in the famous poem by that author.
"Quhen thai him fand, and gud Wallace him saw, He lychtyt doun, and hynt him fra
thaim aw I n armys vp. Behaldand his paill face, He kyssyt him, and cryt full oft,
?Allace! My best brot hir in warld that euir I had! My afald freynd quhen I was hardest
stad! My hop, my heill, tho w was in maist honourI My faith, my help, my strenthiast in
stour! In the was wyt, fredom, an d hardines; In the was treuth, manheid, and
nobilnes; In the was rewll, in the was gouernans ; In the was wertu withoutyn
warians; In the lawte, in the was gret largnes; In the gentrice , in the was stedfastnes.
Thow was gret caus off wynnyng off Scotland, Thocht I began and tu k the wer on
hand. I wow to God that has the warld in wauld Thi dede sall be to Sotheroun ful l der
sauld. Martyr thow art for Scotlandis rycht and me; I sail the wenge, or ellis tharfo r
de.?" The grave of this hero in Falkirk kirkyard is still to be seen, with table stones o f
three successive periods above it. As an evidence of the honour in which his memory
was hel d, it is recalled that, after the second battle of Falkirk in 1746, when the
Highlanders wish ed to do special honour to one of their opponents, Sir Robert
Munro, who had fallen, they ope ned the grave of Sir John the Graeme and buried him
beside the dust of the hero. One great tw o-handed sword of Sir John the Graeme is
preserved at Buchanan Castle by the Duke of Montrose ; another was long in
possession of the Grahams of Orchil, and is now treasured by the Free M ason
Lodge at Auchterarder. Sir John the Graeme was also owner of the estates of
Abercorn an d of Dundaff on the Carron. The latter, at the eastern end of the Kilsyth
hills, was once a r oyal forest. It is in this ancient forest, on the lands of Halbertshire,
now Herbertshire, th at tradition places the incident which forms the subject of the
famous ballad of "Gil Morice, " on which John Home founded his still more famous
"Tragedy of Douglas." The Earl?s Burn an d Earl?s Hill are said to take their name
from the incident, and the Earl?s son of the balla d may possibly have been a scion of
the House of Graham. By way of contrast to the fame of Si r John the Graham, it is
recorded that in 1320 Sir Patrick de Graeme was one of the five knig hts who took part
with William de Soulis, the seneschal, and David de Brechin, the King?s nep hew, in
the formidable Soulis conspiracy to overthrow the King and place the crown on the
hea d of Lord Soulis as a lineal descendant of the daughter of Alexander II. The
details of the c onspiracy are unknown, but Graham, with several others brought to
the trial, was acquitted, w hile David de Brechin was executed as a traitor, and Soulis
himself died as a prisoner in Edi nburgh Castle. A grim memorial of this conspiracy
came to light in the nineteenth century, wh en the monument to Sir David Baird was
being erected on the site of the old castle of the Ear ls of Strathearn near Crieff .
Accidentally breaking into a vault, the workmen discovered, al ong with human
remains, certain gold ornaments and domestic vessels which were identified a s
tragic relics of the Countess of Strathearn, through whose confession the plot was
revealed , and who was sentenced to life-long imprisonment by Bruce.
Sir David Graham of Kincardine was also owner of the estate of Cardross on the
Clyde, and exc hanged it for the lands of Old Montrose in Forfarshire, from which his
family was in later da ys to take its title. It was to Cardross that Bruce retired in his
latter days, and in Cardro ss Castle (caer ros, "the castle on the point") occurred the
scene, so touchingly described b y John Barbour, when the great king bade farewell
to his knights, entrusted the Good Lord Jam es of Douglas with the carrying of his
heart to the Holy Land , and peacefully breathed his l ast.
It is of this Sir Patrick Graham that the story is told in Winton?s Chronicle, how, having
re turned from a visit to France, he was challenged by Lord Richard Talbot to run a
course i n a tournament, and was wounded through his habergeon. During the
supper which followed, an E nglish knight asked Graham to run three courses on the
morrow. " Sir Knight," replied the Sco tsman, "if you would joust with me I advise you
to rise early and confess, after which you wi ll soon be delivered." The jest proved
true, for on the morrow in the first course Graham pie rced the English knight deep
through the harness, and he died on the spot. Of this Menteith f amily came William
Graham, Earl of Menteith, Chief Justice and President of the Council of Sc otland in
Charles I.?s time, who petitioned that King, and had the earldom of Strathearn rest
ored to him, but who foolishly proceeded to go about wagging his head and hinting
significant ly of "blood that was redder than the King?s" and his "cousin Charles on
the throne." The mat ter was brought to the notice of Charles by Drummond of
Hawthornden in his "Considerations t o the King," and as a result the poor nobleman
was forthwith stripped of both his earldoms an d all his offices, and only after a time
re-admitted to the Scottish peerage as Earl of Airth . After the accession of King
James VI. to the English throne, the Grahams of the Debatabl e Land, who by their
turbulence had been something of a problem to both kingdoms, were transp orted to
the north of Ireland , the county of Cumberland being taxed to the amount of £408 19
s. 9d. sterling for the purpose, and they are still among the stoutest of the Ulster men
wh o form the backbone of Irish prosperity at the present hour. It is said to have been
regardin g this transportation that the song Sweet Ennerdale " was written to the
pathetic air "I wil l awa? and will not tarry." It is preserved in the Minstrelsy of the
Scottish Border?, and ru ns as follows:
"Now fare thee well, sweet Ennerdale,
Baith kith and countrie, I bid adieu,
For I maun away , and I may not stay,
To some uncouth land which I never knew.
To wear the blue I think it best Of all the colours that I see, And I?ll wear it for the gall
ant Grahams, That are banished from their am countrie. I have no gold, I have no
land, I hav e no pearl nor precious stane, But I would sell my silken snood, To see the
gallant Graliani s come hame. In Wallace days, when they began, Sir John the
Graham did bear the gre; Throug h all the lands of Scotland wide,
He was the Lord of the south countrie.
And so was seen full many a tim;
For the summer flowers did never spring,
But every Graham i n armour bright
Would then appear before the king.
They all were dressed in armour sheen,
Upon the pleasant banks of Tay,
Before a king they mig ht be seen
These gallant Grahams in array.
Much interesting information regarding the later earls of Menteith-including that last,
mos t pathetic figure of all, the Beggar Earl who died under a hedge, and lies buried
in Bonhil l kirkyard-is to be found in the writings of Mr. R. B. Cunninghame Graham,
late of Gartmore , now of Ardoch, who is said himself to have grounds for making a
formal claim to the earldom . Another account of the clan... The surname Graeme, or
Graham, is said to be derived from th e Gaelic word grumach, applied to a person of
a stern countenance and manner. It may possibly , however, be connected with the
British word grym, signifying strength, seen in grime's dyke , erroneously called
Graham's dyke, the name popularly given to the wall of Antoninus, from a n absurd
fable of Fordun and Boece, that one Greme, traditionally said to have giverned Scotl
and during the minority of the fabulous Eugene the Second, broke through the mightly
rampar t erected by the Romans between the rivers Forth and Clyde. It is unfortunate
for this fictio n that the first authenticated person who bore the name in North Britain
was Sir William de G raeme (the undoubted ancestor of the Dukes of Montrose and
all "the gallant Grahams" in thi s country), who came to Scotland in the reign of David
the First, from whom he received the l ands of Abercorn and Dalkeith, and witnessed
the charter of that monarch to the monks of th e abbey of Holyrood in 1128. In Gaelic
grim means war, battle. Anciently, the word Grimesdik e was applied to trenches,
roads and boundaries and was not confined to Scotland. This Anglo -Norman knight,
Sir William de Graham, had two sons, Peter and John, in whom the direct lin e was
carried on. The elder, Peter de Graham, styled of Dalkeith and Abercorn, had also two
s ons, Henry and William. Henry the elder, witnessed some of the charters of King
William the L ion. He was succeeded by his son Henry, whose son, also named
Henry, by marrying the daughte r of Roger Avenel (who died in 1243), acquired the
extensive estates of Avenel, in Eskdale. H is grandson, Sir John de Graham, who
dying without issue, was the last of the elder line of t he original stock of the
Grahams. The male line of the family was carried on by the younge r son of Sir
William de Graham first above mentioned, John de Graham, whose son, David de
Gra ham, obtained from his cousin, Henry, the son of Peter de Graham, the lands of
Clifton and Cl ifton Hall in MidLothian, and from King William the Lion those of
Charlton and Barrowfield, a s well as the lordship of Kinnaber, all in Forfarshire. This
was the first connection of th e family with the district near Montrose, whence they
subsequently derived their ducal title . His eldest son, also names Sir David de
Graham, had, from Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, in the r eign of King Alexander the Second,
with other lands, those of Dundaff, in Stirlingshire. Th e son of Sir David de Graham
last mentioned, also named Sir David de Graham, who appears to h ave held the
office of sheriff of the county of Berwick, acquired from Malise, Earl of Strath earn, ther
lands of Kincardine, in Perthshire, which became one of the chief designations o f the
family. He died about 1270. By his wife, Annabella, daughter of Robert, Earl of Strathe
arn, he had three sons, namely, Sir Patrick, who succeedee him; the celebrated Sir
John the G raham, the companion of Wallace; and Sir David, one of the nominees,
his eldest brother bein g another, of Baliol, in his competition for the crown of
Scotland, 1292. His eldest son, Si r Patrick Graham of Kincardine, fell in battle
against the English at Dunbar, 28th April 1296 . Another son, Sir David de Graham, a
favourite name among the early Grahams, was also design ed of Kincardine. From
Robert the First, in consideration of his good and faithful services , he had several
grants, and exchanged with that monarch his property of Cardross in Dumbarto
nshire for the lands of "Old Montrose" in Forfarshire. He died in 1327. Sir William
Graham o f Kincardine, his great-grandson, was frequently employed in negociations
with the English re lative to the liberation of King James the First. He was twice
married. By his first wife h e had two sons, and John. His second wife was the
princess Mary Stewart, second daughter of K ing Robert the Second, widow of the
Earl of Angus and of Sir James Kennedy of Dunure; after S ir William Graham's death
she took for he fourth husband Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath . By this lady he
had five sons, namely, 1. Sir Robert Graham of Strathcarron, ancestor of th e
Grahams of Fintry, of Claverhouse, and of Duntrune. 2. Patrick Graham, consecrated
bishop o f Brechin, in 1463, and three years after translated to the see of St Andrews.
3. William, an cestor of the Grahams of Garvoch in Perthshire, from a younger son of
whome came the Graham s of Balgowan, the most celebrated fo which family was
the gallant Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Ly nedoch, the hero of Barossa. 4. Henry, of
whom nothing is known. 5. Walter, of Wallacetown, D umbartonshire, ancestor of the
Grahams of Knockdolian in Carricj, and their cadets. The G rahams of the borders
are descended from Sir John Graham of Kilbrude, called, from his braver y, Sir John
"With the bright sword", second son of Malise, Earl first of Strathearn, and afte rwards
of Menteith, by his wife, the Lady Ann Vere, daughter of Henry, Earl of Oxford. Sir J ohn
"with the bright sword" was also ancestor of the Grahams of Gartmore in Perthshire.
Sir W illiam Graham of Gartmore, created a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1665, married
Elizabeth, secon d daughter of John Graham, Lord Kilpont (son of the Earl of Airth),
who was slain by one of h is own vassals, James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, in the camp
of the Marquis of Montrose, in 1644 ; and had a son, Sir John Graham, second
baronet of Gartmore, declared insane in 1696. On hi s death, 12th July 1708, without
issue, the baronetcy became extinct, and the representatio n of the family devolved
upon his sister Mary, wife of James Hodge, Esq, of Gladsmuir, advoca te. Their only
daughter Mary Hodge, married, in 1701, William, son of John Graham of Callingo d,
and had a son, William Graham, who assumed the title of Earl of Menteith.
Mugdock Castl e in Stirlingshire. Clan Graham Castle.
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The castle of Kilbryde, near Dunblane, built by Sir John "with the bright sword", in
1460, wa s possessed by his representatives, the Earls of Menteith, till 1640, when it
was sold. The M enteith Grahams were called the Grahams "of the hens", from the
following circumstances. An a rmed party of the Stewarts of Appin, headed by Donald
Nan Ord, called Donald the Hammer, in t heir retreat from the disastrous field of
Pinkie in 1547, in passing the lake of Menteith, st opped at a house of the Earl of
Menteith, where a large feast, consisting principally of poul try, was prepared for a
marriage party, and ate up all the provisions; but, immediately pursu ed, they were
overtaken in the gorge of a pass, near a rock called Craig-Vad, or the Wolf's c liff,
where a bloody encounter took place. The earl and nearly the whole of his followers
wer e killed, and Donald of the Hammer escaped, amidst the darkness of the night,
with only a sin gle attendant. From the cause of the fight the Highlanders gave the
name of Gramoch na Gerie , or "Graham of the hens", to the Menteith branch ever
after. The clan Graham were principal ly confined to Menteith and Strathearn.
In 1296, Edward I, King of England, took him prisoner to England but, on 30 July
1297, he wa s released on condition of serving that king in his foreigh wars. From
Robert I, King of Scot s, in consideration of his faithful service, he received several
grants and exchanged with th e king Cardross, county Dunbarton, for the lands of Old
Montrose, county Forfar. In 1320, Si r David signed the famous letter to the Pope,
asserting the independence of Scotland. In 1322 , he was one of the guarantees of a
treaty with England.

Sir David Graham of Kincardine was also owner of the estate of Cardross on the
Clyde, and exchanged it for the lands of Old Montrose in Forfarshire, from which his
family was in later days to take its title. It was to Cardross that Bruce retired in his
latter days, and in Cardross Castle (caer ros, "the castle on the point") occurred the
scene, so touchingly described by John Barbour, when the great king bade farewell to
his knights, entrusted the Good Lord James of Douglas with the carrying of his heart
to the Holy Land, and peacefully breathed his last."


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"Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, was in 1281, sent to negotiate the marriage of
Alexander pr ince of Scotland with Margaret, daughter of Guy earl fo Flanders, which
took place the follow ing year. That young prince, however, died 12th January 1283-4,
and Sir Patrick sat in the ge neral council at Scone, 5th February following, in which
the crown was settled on the princes s of Norway, granddaughter of Alexander the
Third. He was also one of the assembly at Brigha m in 1290, that agreed to the
marriage treaty between the young queen Margaret, who died on h er voyage to
Scotland, and the prince of Wales, the son of Edward the First. He fell in battl e
against the English at Dunbar, 28th April 1296. Hemingford, the English chronicler,
says o f him in Latin that he was a stout knight, the wisest among the wise in council,
and among th e noblest the most noble."

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"Sir David de Graham, who appears to have held the office of sheriff of the county of
Berwick , was one of the Anti-Anglican or Comyn party who were removed from the
administration of aff airs, on 21st September 1255, when, under the influence of
Henry, a regency was appointed, wi th the custody of the young king and the
government of the country, till Alexander should att ain majority."

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"The male line of the family was carried on by the younger son of Sir William de
Graham firs t above mentioned, John de Graham, whose son, David de Graham,
obtained from his cousin, Henr y, the son of Peter de Graham, the lands of Clifton
and Clifton Hall in MidLothian, and fro m King William the Lion those of Charlton and
Barrowfield, as well as the lordship of Kinnabe r, all in Forfarshire. This was the first
connection of the family with the district near Mon trose, whence they subsequently
derived their ducal title. His eldest son, also named Sir Dav id de Graham, had, from
Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, in the reign of King Alexander the Second, w ith other lands,
those of Dundaff, in Stirlingshire. The son of Sir David de Graham last ment ioned,
also named Sir David de Graham, who appears to have held the office of sheriff of th
e county of Berwick, acquired from Malise, Earl of Strathearn, ther lands of Kincardine,
in P erthshire, which became one of the chief designations of the family. He died
about 1270. By h is wife, Annabella, daughter of Robert, Earl of Strathearn, he had
three sons, namely, Sir Pa trick, who succeedee him; the celebrated Sir John the
Graham, the companion of Wallace; and S ir David, one of the nominees, his eldest
brother being another, of Baliol, in his competitio n for the crown of Scotland, 1292.
His eldest son, Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, fell i n battle against the English at
Dunbar, 28th April 1296. Another son, Sir David de Graham , a favourite name among
the early Grahams, was also designed of Kincardine. From Robert th e First, in
consideration of his good and faithful services, he had several grants, and excha
nged with that monarch his property of Cardross in Dumbartonshire for the lands of
"Old Montr ose" in Forfarshire. He died in 1327."

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"The surname Graeme, or Graham, is said to be derived from the Gaelic word
grumach, applied t o a person of a stern countenance and manner. It may possibly,
however, be connected with th e British word grym, signifying strength, seen in
grime's dyke, erroneously called Graham's d yke, the name popularly given to the wall
of Antoninus, from an absurd fable of Fordun and Bo ece, that one Greme,
traditionally said to have giverned Scotland during the minority of th e fabulous
Eugene the Second, broke through the mightly rampart erected by the Romans
betwee n the rivers Forth and Clyde. It is unfortunate for this fiction that the first
authenticate d person who bore the name in North Britain was Sir William de Graeme
(the undoubted ancesto r of the Dukes of Montrose and all "the gallant Grahams" in
this country), who came to Scotla nd in the reign of David the First, from whom he
received the lands of Abercorn and Dalkeith , and witnessed the charter of that
monarch to the monks of the abbey of Holyrood in 1128. I n Gaelic grim means war,
battle. Anciently, the word Grimesdike was applied to trenches, road s and
boundaries and was not confined to Scotland.This Anglo-Norman knight, Sir William
de Gr aham, had two sons, Peter and John, in whom the direct line was carried on.
The elder, Pete r de Graham, styled of Dalkeith and Abercorn, had also two sons,
Henry and William. Henry th e elder, witnessed some of the charters of King William
the Lion. He was succeeded by his so n Henry, whose son, also named Henry, by
marrying the daughter of Roger Avenel (who died in 1 243), acquired the extensive
estates of Avenel, in Eskdale. His grandson, Sir John de Graham , who dying without
issue, was the last of the elder line of the original stock of the Graham s.
Sir William de Graham was a knight who accompanied King David I on his journey
north to cla im the Scottish crown in 1128. He is the first Graham known in Scotland,
and thus a founde r of Clan Graham."


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