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Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston

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Gender Male
Death328 years ago
Date of birth September 24,1648
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Cumberland
DiedNational Trust - Nunnington Hall
Nunnington
United Kingdom
Date of died December 22,1695
Great grandparent William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry
Grandchildren Charles Graham, 3rd Viscount Preston
Grandparents Sir Richard Graham, 1st Baronet
Previous positionLord President of the Council of the United Kingdom (1688–1689)
Children Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston
Mary Susan Graham
Catherine Graham
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Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Life story


Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1675 and 1689. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon.

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