John Murray Graham


John Murray Graham was a Scottish historian.

Life

He was eldest son of Andrew Murray of Murrayshall, Perthshire, who served as sheriff of Aberdeenshire, and his wife Janet, daughter of Oliver Thomson of Leckiebank. He was born in Aberdeenshire 15 October 1809, and educated at Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1828. He became an advocate in 1831.
Murray Graham was a relation of Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, to a part of whose estates he succeeded in 1859 on the death of his heir Robert Graham of Balgowan, and whose surname he adopted.
He lived at Murrayshall near Perth.
He died 18 January 1881, having married on 22 November 1853 Robina, daughter of Thomas Hamilton. His heir was his nephew Henry Stewart Murray-Graham.

Works

Graham wrote: