Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Birth18 Nov 1753
Death21 Mar 1825, Hendon, Middlesex
FatherThomas (iv) Graham (1718-1807)
MotherMargaret Coulthard (1726-1816)
Spouses
Marriage1781
ChildrenJames (1784-1785)
Thomas (1787-1807)
Sandford (1788-1852)
Margaret Frances (1789-1796)
Anne (-1858)
Notes for James Graham
Sir James Graham of Kirkstall, co. York, created a Baronet 3 October 1808, Recorder of Appleby, M.P. for Cockermouth 1802-5, for Wigtown Burghs 1805-6, again for Cockermouth 1807-12, and for Carlisle 1812-25. Bloody hell. No wonder they made the poor bugger a baronet. Married Anne Moore of Kirkstall, Yorks, and had issue. His son was sir Sandford Graham, 2nd Bt. etc etc. More issue. This baronetcy lasted only to the fifth generation, dying out in 1895. The Grahams of Kirkstall had the same coat-of-arms as the Grahams of Edmond Castle, but with the motto “Fideliter et diligenter”. It last appears in the 1895 edition of Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage.
Became a partner in James Couthard’s law firm. This firm is still in existence (2010), and is called Lawrence Graham & co.
James Graham planted the old cherry tree growing near the house when he first went as a boy to London, in November, 1769.
THB Graham5 reproduces a story about James Graham (and his future brother-in-law Richard Graham) about how their workers found a keg of brandy while pulling down some old houses near Edmond Castle, most likely the result of smuggling.
In 2009 I was contacted by Simon Graham-Harrison, a descendant of the Grahams of Kirkstall, who sent me a lot of information about this family. I reproduce some of it here, with permission. The major source is 41, a self-published book about the Grahams of Kirkstall. Simon sent me a copy.
They had five children, but only three survived infancy. Their son Thomas died of scarlet fever when only 20.
The second baronet of Kirkstall was Sir Sandford Graham, the son of James, and he and his wife (Caroline Langston, the daughter of John Houston Langston of Sarsden House) had three surviving sons and two surviving daughters (as well as two sons and one daughter who died young. The story goes that Willy, one of the sons, had been taken by his parents to Arundel Castle, was standing on top of one of the towers when he was startled by an owl, and fell to his death, aged only eight.) The three sons, Sandford, Lumley and Cyril inherited the baronetcy one after the other, but none of them had any children so the title died out.
From 41:
At the age of 49, James entered Parliament as Member for Cockermouth in 1802, in which year he unsuccessfully contested Ilchester. In 1805, however, he resigned and was returned for Stranraer, effecting an amicable echange of seats with Viscount Garlies, who moved from Stranraer to Cockermouth. The reason as that the elevation of Lord Garlies to a peerage in Scotland disqualifed him from representing a Scottish, but not an English borough. James was rechosen at the General Election of 1806 and sat for Cockermouth until 1812, when he was returned for Carlisle, for which he sat during five Parliaments until his death.
From time to time the elections at Carlisle were turbulent. At the General Election of 1818 both successful candidates were chaired, and then there was an ugly riot. The windows of the old Bush Inn were shatterred. Sir James’s chair was torn in pieces; and as he galloped off in his carriage to Edmond Castle, the mob streamed across the fields to intercept him, and immense piles of stones were gathered up for his benefit, but he managed to escape.
On October 3rd, 1808, he was created a Baronet, taking the title of Sir James Graham, Baronet of Kirkstall in the county of York, and about 1812 he bought property at Ludgershall in Wilts. from Lord Sydney, and was the Lord of the Manor.
His wife died on August 28th, 1821, at the age of 77; and he died at his home on March 21st, 1825, aged 71, and was buried at Hendon. He had been in declining health for a year, butit had been hoped that relaxation from public business, together with a stay at Brighton, might have prolonged his life.
Became a partner in James Couthard’s law firm. This firm is still in existence (2010), and is called Lawrence Graham & co.
James Graham planted the old cherry tree growing near the house when he first went as a boy to London, in November, 1769.
THB Graham5 reproduces a story about James Graham (and his future brother-in-law Richard Graham) about how their workers found a keg of brandy while pulling down some old houses near Edmond Castle, most likely the result of smuggling.
In 2009 I was contacted by Simon Graham-Harrison, a descendant of the Grahams of Kirkstall, who sent me a lot of information about this family. I reproduce some of it here, with permission. The major source is 41, a self-published book about the Grahams of Kirkstall. Simon sent me a copy.
They had five children, but only three survived infancy. Their son Thomas died of scarlet fever when only 20.
The second baronet of Kirkstall was Sir Sandford Graham, the son of James, and he and his wife (Caroline Langston, the daughter of John Houston Langston of Sarsden House) had three surviving sons and two surviving daughters (as well as two sons and one daughter who died young. The story goes that Willy, one of the sons, had been taken by his parents to Arundel Castle, was standing on top of one of the towers when he was startled by an owl, and fell to his death, aged only eight.) The three sons, Sandford, Lumley and Cyril inherited the baronetcy one after the other, but none of them had any children so the title died out.
From 41:
At the age of 49, James entered Parliament as Member for Cockermouth in 1802, in which year he unsuccessfully contested Ilchester. In 1805, however, he resigned and was returned for Stranraer, effecting an amicable echange of seats with Viscount Garlies, who moved from Stranraer to Cockermouth. The reason as that the elevation of Lord Garlies to a peerage in Scotland disqualifed him from representing a Scottish, but not an English borough. James was rechosen at the General Election of 1806 and sat for Cockermouth until 1812, when he was returned for Carlisle, for which he sat during five Parliaments until his death.
From time to time the elections at Carlisle were turbulent. At the General Election of 1818 both successful candidates were chaired, and then there was an ugly riot. The windows of the old Bush Inn were shatterred. Sir James’s chair was torn in pieces; and as he galloped off in his carriage to Edmond Castle, the mob streamed across the fields to intercept him, and immense piles of stones were gathered up for his benefit, but he managed to escape.
On October 3rd, 1808, he was created a Baronet, taking the title of Sir James Graham, Baronet of Kirkstall in the county of York, and about 1812 he bought property at Ludgershall in Wilts. from Lord Sydney, and was the Lord of the Manor.
His wife died on August 28th, 1821, at the age of 77; and he died at his home on March 21st, 1825, aged 71, and was buried at Hendon. He had been in declining health for a year, butit had been hoped that relaxation from public business, together with a stay at Brighton, might have prolonged his life.
Notes for Ann (Spouse 1)
Daughter of the Rev. John Moore of Kirkstall, Yorkshire.
According the obituary of her husband in the Gentleman’s Magazine, she was the “only daughter of the Reverend Thomas Moore, of Kirkstall, sole heiress of her only brother, Major Thomas Moore, of the fourth regiment of Cavalry, (who died unmarried in 1784), heir-general of the family of Arthington, co. York, and also one of the co-heiresses of the family of Sandford (a very ancient family, formerly of Sandford upon Eden, Westmoreland, and who may be traced to the reign of King John).”
That obituary, for what it’s worth, is taken word for word from Debrett’s Baronetage of England.
According to The Grahams of Kirkstall41, the Kirkstall estate lay in the valley of the River Aire, three and a half miles from Leeds; and a very interesting survey of the estate was made for Mr. Moore in 1778 by John Crookes of Leeds. It was then entirely agricultural and consisted of 550 acres of farm land let on short leases. There were 24 farms, besides two corn mills.
A visit to Kirkstall in 1810 is described in a letter of T.H. Graham, son of James’ eldest brother, then a boy at Harrow. He first visited Kirkstall Abbey, which was close to, but not part of, the estate. James’ nephew said the estate was very large, and he found good accommodation for sleeping. He was conducted by his uncle’s steward over the manufactories there, which consisted principally of wool, oil, flour, and cloth: they were worked by water and very well worth seeing; and he was especially interested in the cloth factory, because it was lighted entirely by gas, which was then a novelty rarely seen.
According the obituary of her husband in the Gentleman’s Magazine, she was the “only daughter of the Reverend Thomas Moore, of Kirkstall, sole heiress of her only brother, Major Thomas Moore, of the fourth regiment of Cavalry, (who died unmarried in 1784), heir-general of the family of Arthington, co. York, and also one of the co-heiresses of the family of Sandford (a very ancient family, formerly of Sandford upon Eden, Westmoreland, and who may be traced to the reign of King John).”
That obituary, for what it’s worth, is taken word for word from Debrett’s Baronetage of England.
According to The Grahams of Kirkstall41, the Kirkstall estate lay in the valley of the River Aire, three and a half miles from Leeds; and a very interesting survey of the estate was made for Mr. Moore in 1778 by John Crookes of Leeds. It was then entirely agricultural and consisted of 550 acres of farm land let on short leases. There were 24 farms, besides two corn mills.
A visit to Kirkstall in 1810 is described in a letter of T.H. Graham, son of James’ eldest brother, then a boy at Harrow. He first visited Kirkstall Abbey, which was close to, but not part of, the estate. James’ nephew said the estate was very large, and he found good accommodation for sleeping. He was conducted by his uncle’s steward over the manufactories there, which consisted principally of wool, oil, flour, and cloth: they were worked by water and very well worth seeing; and he was especially interested in the cloth factory, because it was lighted entirely by gas, which was then a novelty rarely seen.