David
Graham Third Viscount Dundee
formerly Graham
Born about in Claverhouse, Forfarshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of William Graham
and Magdalene (Carnegie) Graham
Brother of
Unknown (Graham) Carnegie, Anne (Graham) Young, Margaret Graham and John (Graham) First Viscount of Dundee
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 50
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2022
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Biography
David was born about 1650. He was the son of William Graham and Magdalene Carnegie. [1]
David matriculated from St Andrews University on 13 February 1665 and graduated Master of Arts on 25 July 1668 [2]
He was admitted as Burgess of Dundee, on 22 September 1600, the same day as his elder brother John [3]
He received the freedom of Stirling on 7 October 1681. [4] On 25 December 1682, he was commissioned quartermaster in his brother Captain John Graham's troop of horse, and on 12 May 1683, he was appointed conjunct-Sheriff of Wigtown with his brother. [2]
He joined his brother's horse regiment, was promoted as cornet on 21 February 1684, his commission was renewed on 30 March 1685. [2] He was with his brother John at Killiecrankie and continued in arms after the Battle, until he was briefly imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle ,released about 6 December 1689 and consequently outlawed in 1692. He is mentioned among the Scottish Officers in France who were preparing to embark at Dunkirk in May 1692. He retired to the Court of St Germains and in 1692 was invested with the Order of the Thistle [5]
He succeeded his brother John Graham after the death of his infant nephew
He passed away without issue in 1700 and the titular Viscount devolved upon the Grahams of Duntrune
Sources
- ↑ Register of Births,Mains Parish as cited in "Paul, Sir James Balfour, The Scots Peerage Edinburgh : David Douglas vol 3 page 331
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage' Edinburgh: David Douglas (1904) vol 3 page 331
- ↑ Rolls of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513-1886 Dundee (1887) https://archive.org/details/rollofeminentbur00mill/page/166/mode/1up
- ↑ Extracts from The Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland page 33
- ↑ "Electric Scotland" (https://electricscotland.com/history/nation/dundee.htm)
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