Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose

Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (7 November 1852 – 10 December 1925) was a Scottish nobleman.

His Grace The Duke of Montrose KT
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
In office 1916–1917
Succeeded by	John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 30 December 1874 – 10 December 1925 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Duke of Montrose
Succeeded by	The 6th Duke of Montrose
Personal details
Born	7 November 1852
Died	10 December 1925 (aged 73) Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse(s)	Violet Hermione Graham
Children	5, including James
Parents	James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford

The third son of the 4th Duke and Caroline Agnes, youngest daughter of the 2nd Lord Decies, he was educated at Eton College and succeeded his father in 1874.[1]

He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1872, transferred to the 5th Lancers in 1874, and retired in 1878.[2] Later he was Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He served in the South African War (medal and two clasps).[2] He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1879 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1917.[3] He was also aide-de-camp to HM the King.[2] He was Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire from 1885 to 1925, Hereditary Sheriff of Dumbartonshire (now Dunbartonshire), Lord Clerk Register from 1890 until his death, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1916–1917.[3]

Montrose died in December 1925 in a nursing home at 6 Park Gardens in the Park District of Glasgow. He passed on the title to his son the 6th Duke of Montrose.[4]

Family

Lord Graham married Violet Hermione Graham, daughter of Sir Frederick Graham 3rd Baronet of Netherby and his wife Lady Jane Hermione Seymour (daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset); they had five children:[4]

• James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose (1878–1954)
• Lady Helen Violet Graham (1879–1945)
• Lady Hermione Emily Graham (1882–1978), who married Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel.
• Brigadier Lord Douglas Malise Graham (b. 1883), who married the Hon. Rachael Mary Holland (d. 6 June 1977) daughter of Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford and had two sons with her.
• Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham (b. 1886), who married firstly Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst daughter of Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst with whom he had two sons and two daughters.

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References

1. Lodge, Edmund; Innes, Anne; Innes, Eliza; Innes, Maria (1877). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 423.
2. Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1914). Who's who. London: A. and C. Black. p. 1478.
3. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1970). Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle. p. 790.
4. Kidd, Charles (2008). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's. p. 596.