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The Duke of Montrose
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Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire
In office
18 July 1885 – 10 December 1925
Preceded by The Earl of Dunmore
Succeeded by The Viscount Younger of Leckie
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
In office
1916–1917
Succeeded by John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
30 December 1874 – 10 December 1925
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by The 4th Duke of Montrose
Succeeded by The 6th Duke of Montrose
Personal details
Born
Lord Douglas Graham

7 November 1852
London, England
Died 10 December 1925(1925-12-10) (aged 73)
Park District, Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse Violet Hermione Graham
Children 5, including James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose and Lady Hermione Cameron
Parents James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose
Hon. Caroline Horsley Beresford
Douglas Graham, Duke of Montrose caricature
Vanity Fair caricature of Montrose: "Scotland and Racing"

Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (7 November 1852 – 10 December 1925) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.

Early life

Lord Douglas Graham was born at St George Hanover Square in 1852, the third and eldest surviving son of the 4th Duke of Montrose and Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley Beresford, daughter of Lord Decies. He had two elder brothers, both named James, and thus was not expected to succeed, but both died prematurely in succession. He was educated at Eton College and succeeded his father as Duke of Montrose in 1874.

Career

The Duke of Montrose (37687773135)
Portrait of the Duke of Montrose in regimental attire

Montrose joined the Coldstream Guards in 1872, transferred to the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in 1874, and retired in 1878. Later, he was Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Montrose served in the Second Boer War (medal and two clasps). He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1879 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1917. Montrose fought with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War. He later served as Captain-General of the Royal Company of Archers, the King's Bodyguard for Scotland.

Montrose was aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and George V successively. He was Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire from 1885 to 1925, Hereditary Sheriff of Dumbartonshire (now Dunbartonshire), Lord Clerk Register from 1890 until his death, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1916–1917. In January 1900 he accepted the Presidency of the Scotland Branch of the British Empire League.

Personal life

Lord Montrose married Violet Hermione Graham, daughter of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham 3rd Baronet of Netherby and his wife Lady Jane Hermione Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset). They had five children:

Montrose died in December 1925 in a nursing home at 6 Park Gardens in the Park District of Glasgow. He was buried at Buchanan Castle and passed on the title to his son the 6th Duke of Montrose.

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