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Richard GRAHAM, 1st Viscount Preston 1648-95

Biographical Note

Born at Netherby, Cumberland, eldest son of Sir George Graham, 2nd baronet (d.1658). Succeeded his father as 3rd baronet in 1658. Admitted to the Inner Temple and matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1664. MA 1667. MP for Cockermouth, Cumberland 1675, 1678-9, 1679, 1680-81; for Cumberland 1685. Appointed ambassador to the court of France by Charles II in 1682. He returned to England after the accession of James II. He was admitted to the privy council in 1685 and appointed keeper of the great seal to the dowager queen, Catherine of Braganza. Made lord lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland in 1687. He was arrested and sent to the Tower in 1689 and again in 1691 for his involvement in Jacobite rebellions. Pardoned following his confessions, he retired to his estates and spent his final years working on his translation of Boethius which was published in 1695 as Of the Consolation of Philosophy.

Books

Library auctioned in London, 9.11.1696, 24.11.1697 (part 1, 1482 lots, part 2, 1142).

Sources

Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
History of Parliament.
Callow, John. "Graham, Richard, first Viscount Preston (1648–1695), politician and Jacobite conspirator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-Born at [[location::Netherby, Cumberland]], eldest son of [[family::Sir George Graham]], 2nd [[personal title::baronet]] (d.[[date of death::1658]]). Succeeded his father as 3rd [[personal title::baronet]] in 1658. Admitted to the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] and matriculated from [[education::Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1664. MA 1667. MP for Cockermouth, Cumberland 1675, 1678-9, 1679, 1680-81; for Cumberland 1685. Appointed ambassador to the court of France 1682. Returned to England upon the accession of James II.
+Born at [[location::Netherby, Cumberland]], eldest son of [[family::Sir George Graham]], 2nd [[personal title::baronet]] (d.[[date of death::1658]]). Succeeded his father as 3rd [[personal title::baronet]] in 1658. Admitted to the [[organisations::Inner Temple]] and matriculated from [[education::Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1664. MA 1667. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Cockermouth, Cumberland]] 1675, 1678-9, 1679, 1680-81; for [[location::Cumberland]] 1685. Appointed [[occupation::ambassador]] to the court of France by [[associates::Charles II]] in 1682. He returned to [[location::England]] after the accession of [[associates::James II]]. He was admitted to the privy council in 1685 and appointed [[occupation::keeper of the great seal]] to the dowager queen, [[associates::Catherine of Braganza]]. Made [[occupation::lord lieutenant]] of [[location::Cumberland]] and [[location::Westmorland]] in 1687.  He was arrested and sent to the Tower in 1689 and again in 1691 for his involvement in Jacobite rebellions. Pardoned following his confessions, he retired to his estates and spent his final years working on his [[translator::translation]] of [[author::Boethius]] which was published in [[date of publication::1695]] as [[book title::''Of the Consolation of Philosophy'']].
-[[occupation::Politician]], disgraced as a Jacobite, [[translator::translator]] of [[author::Boethius]].
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-*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010
+*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010.
+*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/PRESTONXREF History of Parliament].
 *Callow, John. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11216 "Graham, Richard, first Viscount Preston (1648–1695), politician and Jacobite conspirator."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
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