John (Graham) First Viscount of Dundee
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John (Graham) First Viscount of Dundee (abt. 1648 - 1689)

John "Bonnie Dundee, Bluidy Clavers" First Viscount of Dundee formerly Graham
Born about in Claverhouse, Forfarshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 10 Jun 1684 (to 27 Jul 1689) in Scotlandmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 41 in Killiecrankie, Perth and Kinross, Scotlandmap
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Biography

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John (Graham) First Viscount of Dundee was killed in Action during Jacobite rising of 1689.


Family

John Graham, first Viscount of Dundee, and Lord Graham of Claverhouse, was born on or about 21 July1648 in Claverhouse, Forfarshire, Scotland.[1] He was the elder son of Sir William Graham and Lady Magdalene Carnegie[1] He is mentioned in the will of his mother to receive jewelry, dated 7 April 1653 [2]

He was descended from King Robert III, through his second daughter Princess Mary. [3]

Marriage and Children

He married Jean Cochrane daughter of William Cochrane and Catherine Kennedy on 10 June 1684. [1] [4]

His infant son James ,who was baptized 9 April 1689 , died before 6 December 1689, six months after his father was killed at Killiecrankie. [3] [5]

Education

From about 1658 he was a student at St Andrews University, [6] and was admitted, 29 February 1660, to the third year philosophy class in St Salvator's College, and on 27 July 1661 he graduated Master of Arts. [1] On 22 September 1600 he was admitted as Burgess of Dundee. [7] On 14 July 1662, the ward of Claverhouse was granted to David, Lord Lour, afterwards 2nd Earl of Northesk, David Carnegie his uncle. This date signifies the end of his pupilage. [1]

Property

On 5 August 1669, he had a precept from James, second Marquess of Douglas and Earl of Angus, infefting him, as heir to his father, in the both halves of Easter Brigton, also one half of a third of Monifieth. [1] He took sasine 22 February 1670. He succeeded in the estates possessed by his father, including the Barony of Ogilvy. [8] He received the lands of Belkello, Polkenback, Poleack, Tealling, Balgray in the county of Forfar, and many other lands from his father, who was infefted , with his male heirs, by his father ,George Graham, and disposed to him by his mother. [2]

Political and Military Career

His military Career was said to have begun in the French army of Louis XIV under the command of James, Duke of Monmouth. [9] In 1674 he took service under William of Orange. He received the commission of cornet in one of the Prince of Orange's troops of guards. [10] He distinguished himself at the Battle of Seneffe in 1674, by supposedly saving the life of the prince. [1] After having been refused the command of one of the Scottish regiments of the States, he left the Dutch service, and returned to Scotland in 1677/8. [11]

He was comissioned in the army of Charles II, and given the task of suppressing Lowland Presbyterian (Covenanters) meetings. His zealousness in this resulted in the nickname "Bluidy Clavers". [3] . On 27 February 1679 he was appointed sheriff-depute of Dumfries, Annandale, Wigtown and Kirkcudbright. [12] [13] He was defeated at Drumclog, 1 June 1679, [14] but behaved with distinction at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, 22 June 1679. [15] [1]

On 11 February 1669, he was appointed a Commissioner of Excise and Justice of the Peace for Forfarshire. [16] This appointment was withdrawn on 24 June 1669, because he was still a minor, and restored on 2 September 1669, [17] indicating that he had attained his majority. [1]

In 1683 he was appointed to the Scottish Privy Council, [18] and was mentioned in directions from the council on 14 July 1684 , to ascertain the owners of the lands where rebels were sheltering.[19] and again on 1 August 1684 about the movement of his troops in Ayr and Clydesdale. [20] He was among the members of the Privy Council who signed the proclomation of James VII accession at Edinburgh 10 February 1685. [1] He received a letter welcoming him on the Privy Council, from James VII, on 11 May 1685. [21] In 1686 he became a major-general, and was given the post of Provost of Dundee. [4] On 12 November 1688, he was created Viscount Dundee, and Lord Graham of Claverhouse, by James VII, [4] one of six persons to receive a Scottish peerage between 1685 and 1688. [5] [1]

Death

He was mortally wounded by a musket ball at the Battle of Killiecrankie 27 July 1689 , just as the tide of the battle was turning in his favour, [10] [22] and was buried at Blair [23] in the Church of St Bride. He was succeeded by his brother David Graham [1]

After his death, his lands became Crown property on 14 July 1689, and in 1694, King William gave a grant of the properties which had belonged to John Graham, Viscount Dundee, which included the Barony of Ogilvy, to James, Marquess of Douglas and his male heirs [8]

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Note:

The nickname of "Bonnie Dundee" is said to have come from the famous poem, Bonnie Dundee by Sir Walter Scott: 1st verse and refrain:

To the Lord's o' Convention 'twas Claverhouse spoke, E'er the King's crown go down there are crowns to be broke, So each cavalier who loves honour and me, Let him follow the bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee

Come fill up my cup, Come fill up my can, Come saddle my horse and call out my men, Unhook the West Port and let us gae free, For it's up with the bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee. ...[24]

Research Notes

No sources found for a sister Unknown Graham other than that mentioned in The Complete Peerage where her birth name is not given Graham-21867 02:43, 13 August 2022 (UTC)


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 324
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of their kindred Vol 2, National Library of Scotland, available here
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Electric Scotland" The Scottish Nation, available here
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Warden, Alex Johnstone Angus Or Forfarshire vol 4, Alexander&Co : Dundee(1880) page 151
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cokayne, George, "The Complete Peerage " page 523
  6. ↑ Craven, JB Scots Worthies 1566-1688, Histories of Scottish Families, Edinburgh (1894) page 143, National Library of Scotland page 143
  7. ↑ Rolls of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513-1886" Dundee (1887) page 166
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Warden, Alex Johnstone Angus Or Forfarshire, the Land and People descriptive and historical: Dundee: Alexander & Co (1880) page 329
  9. ↑ Dalton, Charles, The Scots Army 1661-1688, Edinburgh: William Brown (1909) page 123
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 From The Book of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513-1886 Transcribed by Iain D MacIntosh , available here
  11. ↑ "Electric Scotland" The Scottish Nation, available here
  12. ↑ The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland 1683-1684, Scotland Privy Council, available here
  13. ↑ Wodrow, Robert, The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Revolution to the Restoration Glasgow : Blackie, (1832) Vol 4 p 20
  14. ↑ "Battle of Drumclog" , available here
  15. ↑ "The Battle of Bothwell Bridge" , available here
  16. ↑ P.C.Acta,Nov 1667-June 1673, folio 187, as cited by Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh: David Douglas (1904) vol 3 page 325
  17. ↑ P.C.Acta, Nov 1667-June 1673, folio 227, as cited by Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh: David Douglas (1904) vol 3 page 325
  18. ↑ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1683-1684, Scotland Privy Council , available here
  19. ↑ Wodrow, Robert, The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution Glasgow: Backle (1832) Vol 4 page 39
  20. ↑ Wodrow, Robert, The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Revolution to the Restoration Glasgow: Blackie (1832) Vol 4 page 43
  21. ↑ The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Scotland Privy Council, 1685-1686, available here
  22. ↑ Electric Scotland The Battle of Killiecrankie available here
  23. ↑ Craven, JB Scots worthies, 1560-1688" Histories of Scottish Families, Edinburgh (1894) National Library of Scotland page 142
  24. ↑ Tradition 'Bonnie Dundee' available here

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