GRAHME (GRAHAM), James (1650-1730), of Levens Hall, Westmld.

Family and Education

bap. 3 Apr. 1650, 2nd s. of Sir George Grahme, 2nd Bt., of Netherby, Cumb. by Lady Mary, da. of James Johnston, 2nd Earl of Hartfell and 3rd Earl of Annandale [S]; bro. of Sir Richard Grahme, 3rd Bt.†, 1st Visct. Preston. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. 1666. m. (1) lic. 23 Nov. 1675, Dorothy (d. 1700), maid of honour to Duchess of York, and from 1671 Queen Catherine of Braganza, da. of Hon. William Howard (4th son of Thomas, 1st Earl of Berkshire), 3s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 ); (2) lic. 4 Mar. 1702, Elizabeth (d. 1709), da. of Isaac Barton of All Hallows, Barking, Essex, merchant, wid. of George Bromley of the Middle Temple, s.p. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 101–2; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 573; J. Bagot, Col. James Grahme, 3.

Offices Held

Capt. Douglas’s ft. (French army) 1671–3, R. English regt. (French army) 1673–4; capt. of ft. Earl of Carlisle’s (Charles Howard†) regt. 1673, Duke of York’s regt. 1675; capt. Coldstream Gds. 1675–8; lt.-col. of ft. Ld. Morpeth’s (Edward Howard†) regt. 1678–9; keeper of privy purse to Duchess of York by 1679 and to James II as Duke of York and King 1679–88; keeper of Pirbright Walk, Windsor Forest 1680; ranger and keeper of Bagshot park, Windsor Forest 1682–9; master of buckhounds 1685–9. DNB; Scots Peerage, 102; Bagot, 38; Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 655; Evelyn Diary, iii. 529–30.

Freeman, Portsmouth, 1678, New Windsor, 1685, Appleby 1703; burgess, Edinburgh 1679, Stirling and Linlithgow 1681; alderman, New Windsor 1685– Oct. 1688, Appleby 1703; mayor, New Windsor, 1686–7, Appleby 1705–6, 1717–18. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 363; Bagot, 38; First Hall Bk. (Windsor Hist. Recs. i), 51, 169; Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A, min. bk. 3, 4 Oct. 1703.

Freeman, E. I. Co. 1689. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Arch. and Antiq. Soc. ser. 2, lxxxv. 135.

Parlimentarian

GRAHME (GRAHAM), James (1650-1730), of Bagshot, Surr. and Levens, Westmld.

Main residence: Levens Hall, Westmld.

Graham

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

GRAHME, James (1650-1730)