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Escutcheon of the Graham baronets of Esk and Viscounts Preston
[1]
The Graham baronetcy , of
Esk (Eske) in the
County of Cumberland , was created in the
Baronetage of England on 29 March 1629 for
Richard Graham (c.1583–1654).
[2] He represented
Carlisle in Parliament, was a Gentleman of the Horse to
King Charles I and fought at the
Battle of Edgehill in 1642.
[3]
The 3rd Baronet served as Ambassador to
France and as Secretary of State to
King James II . In 1681 he was created Lord Graham of Esk and Viscount Preston in the
Peerage of Scotland . After the
Glorious Revolution he was created Baron of Esk in the peerage of England by the exiled King James II and was condemned for
high treason but was later pardoned. The peerages became extinct on the death of the third Viscount in 1739. The late Viscount was succeeded in the baronetcy by his kinsman William Graham, the 6th Baronet.
[2]
Graham baronets, of Esk (1629)
Viscounts Preston (1681)
A portrait of the 3rd Viscount Preston by
Enoch Seeman
Graham baronets, of Esk (1629; Reverted)
The
heir apparent is the present holder's brother, Robert Bruce Graham (born 1953).
[9]
Notes
^ Burke, Bernard (1864).
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time . Harrison & Sons. p. 418.
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j Cokayne, George Edward (1902).
Complete Baronetage . Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 69–71.
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"Graham (Grahme, Greames, Grimes), Richard (c.1583-1654), of Cannon Row, Westminster; Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb., History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org .
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c Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue (2003).
The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Grants of Honour . Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 47–49.
ISBN
978-0-8063-1716-8 .
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"Graham, Sir Robert James Stuart" .
Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or
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"Graham, Sir Montrose Stuart" .
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"Graham, Sir Montrose Stuart" .
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"Graham, Sir Ralph Wolfe" .
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"Graham, Sir Ralph Stuart" .
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