henry, graham, parliamentary, clerk, henry, john, lowndes, graham, january, 1842, december, 1930, scottish, public, servant, clerk, parliaments, from, 1885, 1917, henry, grahamkcbclerk, parliamentsin, office, 1885, 1917preceded, bysir, william, rosesucceeded, . Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham KCB 15 January 1842 5 December 1930 was a Scottish public servant Clerk of the Parliaments from 1885 to 1917 1 Sir Henry GrahamKCBClerk of the ParliamentsIn office 1885 1917Preceded bySir William RoseSucceeded bySir Arthur ThringBiography EditGraham was born on 15 January 1842 the only son of William Graham of Burntsheilds Renfrewshire and his wife Anna nee Lowndes his sisters included Lady Barrington wife of Sir Eric Barrington and his half brother was the Glasgow MP William Graham whose own children included Dame Agnes Jekyll Frances Horner wife of Sir John Horner and the wives of Quintin Hogg and Lord Muir Mackenzie He attended Harrow School 1855 60 where he was a monitor in his final year and then went up to Balliol College Oxford to read classics 1860 64 he also rowed for the college 2 Called to the bar in 1868 in 1874 Lord Cairns the Lord Chancellor appointed Graham his private secretary when Cairns left his office he appointed Graham a Master in Lunacy but in 1885 he was appointed Clerk of the Parliaments In that capacity he attended two coronations and witnessed the rejection of the People s Budget by the House of Lords and the subsequent passage of the Parliament Act 1911 He retired in 1917 2 Graham was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath CB in 1895 He was promoted to Knight Commander KCB of the Order in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 3 4 and invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902 5 He died on 5 December 1930 1 leaving a widow and five children Graham married first Lady Edith Elizabeth Gathorne Hardy died 1875 daughter of Gathorne Gathorne Hardy 1st Earl of Cranbrook by whom he left two sons the diplomat Sir Ronald Graham and the writer Harry Graham He married secondly Lady Margaret Georgiana Compton daughter of William Compton 4th Marquess of Northampton by whom he had three children 2 References Edit a b Graham Sir Henry John Lowndes Who Was Who online edition Oxford University Press December 2007 Retrieved 2 January 2019 a b c Sir Henry Graham The Times 8 December 1930 p 14 The Coronation Honours The Times No 36804 London 26 June 1902 p 5 No 27453 The London Gazette 11 July 1902 p 4441 Court Circular The Times No 36908 London 25 October 1902 p 8 External links EditPortraits of Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham at the National Portrait Gallery LondonGovernment officesPreceded bySir William Rose Clerk of the Parliaments1885 1917 Succeeded bySir Arthur Thring Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Graham parliamentary clerk amp oldid 1132082879, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
