Richard Graham 1648-1695
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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 1682. Returned to England upon the accession of James II.
Politician, disgraced as a Jacobite, translator of Boethius.
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
- Callow, John. "Graham, Richard, first Viscount Preston (1648–1695), politician and Jacobite conspirator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.