Graham Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
A Scottish habitational surname denoting someone from the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, also spelled as Grantham, Grandham, Granham, and Graham.
The family traces its ancestry back to William de Graham (c. 1097-1139), an Anglo-Norman baron who came to Scotland where he was Lord of Grantham. He was the son of Alan de Graegham (born 1080).
Another theory suggests the family descended from a warrior chief named Graym, Gram, or Grim who attacked and demolished the Roman wall of Antonius across Scotland c. 420 AD.
NOBLE TITLES HELD
Patrick Graham (d. 1466), son of Alexander Graham of Kincardine, held the office of Archbishop of St. Andrew, and created created Lord Graham around the year 1440.
William Graham, 3rd Lord Graham, was elevated to the Peerage of Scotland as Earl of Montrose in 1553 and died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, a soldier, poet, and viceroy, was created Marquess of Montrose in 1644
James Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose was further elevated to Duke of Montrose in 1707.
The Graham Baronetcy of Braco in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1625 for Sir William Graham, son of John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose.
The Graham Baronetcy of Esk in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1629 for Sir Richard Graham, Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Gentleman of the Horse to King Charles I who fought at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.
Sir Richard Graham, 3rd Baronet of Esk, English diplomat and politician, was elevated to the Peerage of Scotland as Viscount Preston in 1681
The Graham Baronetcy of Norton Conyers in the County of York was created in the Baronetage of England in 1662 for Sir Richard Graham in honor of his services to The Restoration of the monarchy.
The Graham Baronetcy of Gartmore in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1665 for Sir William Graham. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet, Sir John Graham, in 1708.
The Graham Baronetcy of Netherby in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1783 for Sir James Graham, who later was a Member of Parliament for Ripon
The Graham Baronetcy of Kirkstall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1808 for Sir James Graham, a Member of Parliament for Cockermouth and later Carlisle.
Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan in the County of Perth was a title created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1814 for Thomas Graham, a British Army officer who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Malise Graham was created Earl of Menteith in 1427, only son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine.
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith, was created Earl of Airth in 1633, Lord President of the Court Session and Privy Counsellor.
Viscount of Dundee was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1688 for John Graham of Claverhouse, a Scottish soldier who served in the Franco-Dutch War.
LANDED GENTRY
Graham of Fintry, Scotland
Graham of Murrayshall, co. Perth, Scotland
Graham of Mossknow, co. Dumfries, Scotland
Graham of Airth, co. Stirling, Scotland
Graham of Strowan, co. Perth, Scotland
Graham of Burntshiels, Scotland
Graham-Clarke of Manor House, Frocester, co. Gloucester, England
Graham of Drumgoon, co. Fermanagh, Ireland
Graham of Edmond Castle, co. Cumberland, England
Maxtone-Graham of Cultoquhey and Redgorton, co. Perth, Scotland
Graham of Larchfield, co. Down, Ireland
Graeme of Garvock, co. Perth, Scotland
Graeme of Orchill, co. Perth, Scotland
Graeme of Inchbrakie, co. Perth, Scotland
EARLY SETTLERS
Donell Graham - Virginia - 1655
Elizabeth Graham - Virginia - 1676
Jane Graham - Virginia - 1677
Joseph Graham - Georgia - 1733
Catharine Graham - New York - 1738
Elizabeth Graham - New York - 1738
Angus Graham - New York - 1740
Augustine Graham - Nova Scotia - 1749
Donald Graham - Nova Scotia - 1773
NOTABLES
Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, or Betsy Graeme (1737-1801) was an American poet and writer who was once engaged to the son of Benjamin Franklin
Sir Robert Graham (1744-1836), English judge, attorney general to Prince George of Wales.
George Graham (1715-1747) was a Scottish officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession
George Graham (1673-1751) was an English clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist, and a Fellow of the Royal Society
Robert Graham (1786-1845), chair of botany at the University of Edinburgh and Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden
Thomas Graham (1805-1869) was a Scottish chemist known for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases
John Graham Esq. (1741-1775) of the East India Company and of the Supreme Council of Calcutta

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Grim, or Grimme from the old Norse language, meaning masked warrior. I have Scandinavian DNA so, asfar as I'm concerned, we're descended from vikings.

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Me too.

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Gray-me for mine

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Iam also

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Whats your thoughts on graham surname spelling Graeme?

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that’s my last name but my dads irish

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