Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose

The 5th Duke of Montrose.

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

The third son of the 4th Duke and Caroline Agnes, youngest daughter of the 2nd Lord Decies, he was educated at Eton College and succeeded his father in 1874.

He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1872, transferred to the 5th Lancers in 1874, and retired in 1878. Later he was Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He served in the South African War (medal and two clasps).

He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1879 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1917. He was also aide-de-camp to HM the King.

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.

Family

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

James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose (1878–1954)
Lady Helen Violet Graham (1879–1945)
Lady Hermione Emily Graham (1882–1978), who married Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel.
Brigadier Lord Douglas Malise Graham (b. 1883)
Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham (b. 1886)

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Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Glasgow	Lord Clerk Register 1890–1925	Succeeded by The Duke of Buccleuch
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Dunmore	Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire 1885–1925	Succeeded by The Viscount Younger of Leckie
Preceded by The Duke of Atholl	Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle 1917–1925	Succeeded by The Duke of Roxburghe
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by James Graham	Duke of Montrose 1874–1925	Succeeded by James Graham

Chancellors of the Order of the Thistle

George V	John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar

Edward VIII	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar

George VI	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone

Elizabeth II	David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of Hirsel John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie

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