Family and Education
b. 2 Feb. 1716, 1st s. of James Graeme of Braco by Catherine, da. of Sir William Stirling, 2nd Bt., of Ardoch. m. ?1747, Catherine, 1st da. of James Hepburn of Keith, Haddington, sis. of Robert Rickart Hepburn, 1da. (who 13 June 1768 Thomas Hampden). suc. fa. 1736, and his cos. Mungo Graeme, M.P., in Gorthy estate 1754.
Offices Held
Served in the Scots brigade in Holland; capt. 1745; lt.-col. 1752; col. British army 1761; col. 105 Ft. 1761 – 63; maj.-gen. 1762; col. 49 Ft. 1764 – 68, 19 Ft. 1768 – d.; lt.-gen. 1772; gen. 1783.
Sec. to the Queen Aug. 1761 – Jan. 1774; comptroller of the Queen’s Household Oct. 1765 – Jan. 1774.
Burgess of Edinburgh 1762.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Braco and Gorthy, Perth.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
GRAEME, David (1716-97)
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