Brief Life History of James
When James Graham 3rd Duke of Montrose was born on 8 September 1755, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, his father, William Graham 2nd Duke of Montrose, was 43 and his mother, Lucy Manners -Duchess of Montrose, was 38. He married Jemima Ashburnham on 3 March 1785, in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 30 December 1836, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- The Caledonian Mercury (Newspaper) "Birth of the Marquis of Graham, son and Heir of Duke of Montrose"
- 3rd Duke of Montrose, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Graham, Third Duke Of Montrose in entry for Lady Emily Foley, "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""
The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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