William (Graham) Graham First Earl of Airth (aft. 1589 - aft. 1661)

Born after Jul 1589 in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Died after 13 Apr 1661 at about age 71 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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William (Graham) Graham First Earl of Airth is Notable.

William Graham was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

William Graham was born circa July 1589. He was the son of John Graham 6th Earl of Menteith and Maria Campbell, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell fo Glenorchy.^[1][2]

In 1626 he was sworn of the Privy Council in Scotland. Two years later in 1628 he was elevated to Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland's most senior civil court judge and Lord Justice General, Scotland's most senior criminal court judge.

In 1633 having unsuccessfully petitioned to have restored to him the ancient Earldom of Strathearn held at one time by the 1st Earl of Menteith, he was instead created 1st Earl of Airth, arguably a much less distinguished honour than that of Strathearn.^[3][4]

In effect although William Graham was the de jure 7th Earl of Menteith, having been denied the restoration of that dignity, it was not available to him.

He married Agnes Gray in 1612.^[1][5][6] They had issue, including:

1. John, m. Mary, daughter of William Keith and Mary Erskine on 12 Apr 1632^[7][5][2]
2. Archibald, c. 25 Apr 1631,^[8] m. Janet Johnston^[5] They had:
   1. John, dsp^[5]
3. James,^[6] m. 1st Margaret Erskine, 2nd daughter of James Earl of Buchan^[5] by whom he had
   1. Marian, m. Walter Graham of Gartur^[5]
      He m. 2nd Isabella, elder daughter of John Bramhall,^[5] and had
   2. Helen, m. Capt. Rawdon, heir to Lord Conway.^[5]
4. Andrew, d. young^[5]
5. Robert, dsp^[6][5]
6. Patrick, dsp^[6][5]
7. Charles, dsp^[6][5]

1. Issobell, c. 14 Dec 1624^[9][6]
2. Mary, m. John Campbell bef 1635 as his 1st wife.^[10][11][5] They had issue, including:
   1. William, c. 9 Oct 1643, ^[12]
3. Anne, 3rd daughter,^[6] m. Sir Mungo Murray of Blebo^[5]
4. Jane, 4th daughter,^[6] m. John Chisholm of Cromlix^[5]
5. Margaret, m. Alexander Lord Garliest^[5]

William died in 1661 after 13 Apr.^[3]

Research Notes

Cokayne claims that John is the "only son and heir",^[2] yet that can be shown to be incorrect by the baptismal record of Archibald.^[8] and is also counter to Nicholas who reports a total of six sons including John and Archibald.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", London: Smith Elder & Co., 1890, Vol. XXII, Archive.org, p. 363
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VII, FamilySearch, pp. 672-5
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org,, p. 76
4. ↑ Fraser, William, "The Red Book of Menteith", Edinburgh: 1880, Vol. I , Archive.org, p. 343
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15} 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, 1904, Vol. I , Archive.org, p. 137
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} Nicolas, Harris, "History of the Earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth: with a Report of the Proceedings before the House of Lors on the Claim of Robert Barclay Allardice, Esq. to the Earldom of Airth", London: William Pickering, 184, Archive.org, p. 76
7. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY91-7YK : 11 February 2020), William Earl Of Airth Graham in entry for John Lord Kinpont Graham, 1632.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQCF-FXF : 11 February 2020), William Earl Of Airth Graham in entry for Archibald Graham, 1631.
9. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1JR-7ZV : 11 February 2020), William Earl Menteith Graham in entry for Issobell Graham, 1624.
10. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Baronetage", Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1902, Ed. 1 Vol II, Archive.org, p. 283
11. ↑ Burke, John Bernard, "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" , London: Harrison & Sons, 1915, 77th ed., Archive.org, p. 303
12. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMGT-VSPZ : 11 February 2020), William,Earl Of Airth and Menteith Graham in entry for William Campbell, 1643.

See also:

• Wikipedia: William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith

• Wikidata: Item Q7616870, en:Wikipedia

• The Peerage: William Graham, 7th earl of Menteith **cites Burkes Peerage, 2003, volume 2, page 2752.

• Maurice Lee jun., ‘Graham, William, first earl of Airth and seventh earl of Menteith (1591–1661)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

• Other Earls in a lineage of 6 previous are indicated in this tree https://www.geni.com/people/John-Graham-6th-Earl-of-Menteith/6000000003014111845 (Any sources included in this profile need to be transcribed here.)