Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7th Baronet DL (4 November 1789 – 15 June 1866) was an English Baronet.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bellingham Reginald Graham |
| Born | 4 November 1789 Norton Conyers House, Wath, Yorkshire |
| Died | 15 June 1866 (aged 76) Westminster, London, England |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1815 | Middlesex |
Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2013 | |
He served as an Army officer, initially as a cornet with the 23rd Light Dragoons from 1808. He was a lieutenant serving in the 10th Royal Hussars in 1810 and by 1811, was serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Clare Regiment of Local Militia.[1][2][3] He took over the Clare Regiment of Local Militia as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant in January 1813.[4] He resigned as Commandant in 1819, following a public disagreement with Lord Grantham.[5]
Graham was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for North Riding of Yorkshire in 1812.[6]
Graham had several sporting interests, most notably as a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex. He is recorded in one match in 1815, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0.[7] He was more closely associated with equine sports, serving as the Master of Hounds for a number of different hunts, including the Quorn Hunt and the Albrighton Hunt. His equine activities extended to racehorses for a period, and he owned the 1816 winner of the St Leger Stakes, The Duchess.[8]
Yachting was another of Graham's interests; he was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, serving as Vice-Commodore from 1848 to 1850.[9][10] He owned several yachts including Harriet and Flirt.[11][12]
He spent time at the Boodle's gentleman's club in his later years.[9]
Family edit
Graham was married twice, firstly to Harriet Clark with whom he had four children, though only one, also called Harriet, would survive to adulthood.
- Harriet Graham (died 1884); married firstly to Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Ashworth, then to George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall.
His first wife died in Paris in 1830 following an accident with a carriage.[13] He remarried in 1831 to Harriet Cottam, daughter of Rev. Robert Cottam.[9] Lady Graham died in London on 17 January 1903, in her 94th year.[14] They together had five children, all of whom survived to adulthood.[15][16]
- Sir Reginald Henry Graham, 8th Baronet (1835–1920) who succeeded his father as 8th Baronet. Married 1876 to Annie Mary Shiffner, daughter of Thomas Shiffner, of the Shiffner baronets; they had three children, including Sir Reginald Guy Graham, 9th Baronet.
- Major-General George Fergus Graham (1836–1930), British Indian Army; married 1871 Margaret Anne Atkinson, daughter of Thomas Jasper Atkinson. They had one child, a son.
- Augusta Clementina Graham (died 1875), married Major Edmund de Feyl. They had one child, a daughter.
- Charlotte Harriet Graham (died 1927), unmarried. Charlotte was a nun with St Peter's sisterhood, London.
- Gertrude Elizabeth Priscilla Graham (died 1927), married 1863 Count Arthur Dillon (d.1889).
References edit
- ^ "No. 16170". The London Gazette. 9 August 1808. p. 1091.
- ^ A list of all the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full and Half Pay. London: War Office. 1810. p. 83.
- ^ "No. 16473". The London Gazette. 6 April 1811. p. 655.
- ^ "No. 16743". The London Gazette. 19 June 1813. p. 1203.
- ^ "Letter from Sir Bellingham Graham to Lord Grantham". The Times. London: Times Newspapers. 27 November 1819.
- ^ "No. 16644". The London Gazette. 8 September 1812. p. 1837.
- ^ "Bellingham Graham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Death of Sir Bellingham Graham". Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle. 23 June 1866.
- ^ a b c "Death of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart". Sporting Gazette. London. 23 June 1866.
- ^ "Past Flag Officers". Royal Yacht Squadron. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Cowes, March 21". Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian. 21 March 1835.
- ^ "Cowes, December 25". Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian. 25 December 1841.
- ^ "The Age". London. 17 October 1830.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36982. London. 20 January 1903. p. 1.
- ^ "10th Hussars". The British Empire. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Debrett′s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1903
Bibliography edit
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
- Foster, Joseph (1882). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire (2 ed.).