James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose
- James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose
James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose, ID (2 May 1907 – 10 February 1992) was born in the United Kingdom and lived most of his life in Southern Africa. He was educated at Eton and studied at Christ Church, Oxford.He was first married to Isabel Veronia Sellar and had issue:
*The Lady Fiona Mary Graham (married to Peter Hannon)
*James Graham, 8th Duke of MontroseBoth children were born in Southern Rhodesia. He married secondly Susan Mary Joclyn Semple of Kenya and had issue:
*The Lady Cairistiona Anne Graham, born 1955. Married 1982, Philip Patrick Saggers of Australia
*The Lord Donald Alasdair Graham, born 1956. Married 1981, Bridie Cameron of The Black Isle
*The Lord Calum Ian Graham. Married Cate Fraser-Mackenzie (died 2008)
*The Lady Lilias Catriona Maighearad Graham. Married Johnnie Bell of Wellington, New Zealand
The 7th Duke took an active interest in politics. While a student at Oxford,in the 1937 he was travelling through Berlin with friends & attended a Nuremberg Rally. He was a Member of Parliament at the break up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He is one of the signatories of the Rhodesian Declaration of Independence, signed in Salisbury, on 11 November 1965. He signed it 'Montrose'. The Duke had cabinet portfolios as Minister of Agriculture and latterly Minister of Defence in Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front government.
Several years later, in a dispute with Smith over the negotiations between the South African Government and Rhodesia regarding Black Majority Rule for Rhodesia, Montrose resigned from the cabinet, and from government. The family moved to South Africa in 1979 and then to Scotland where the Duke spent his final days. Always a keen Gaelic speaker with a great fondness for the Highlands and islands of Scotland, he lies buried in the family cemetery near Loch Lomond.
Titles from birth
* Earl of Kincardine (1907–1925)
* Marquess of Graham (1925–1954)
* The Most Noble The Duke of Montrose (1954–1992)
References
[http://www.thepeerage.com/p8091.htm#i80906 James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose] , thePeerage.com
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