James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
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His Grace The Duke of Montrose |
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Portrait of the Duke in 1997.
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 11 November 1999 as an excepted hereditary peer |
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In office 10 February 1992 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer |
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| Preceded by | James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose |
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James Graham April 6, 1935 Southern Rhodesia |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Young (1935 - 2014) |
| Children | Lady Hermione Thornhill James Graham, Marquess of Graham Lord Ronald Graham |
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Styles of The 8th Duke of Montrose |
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| Reference style | His Grace |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Alternative style | Sir |
James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose (born 6 April 1935), known as Earl of Kincardine until 1954 and Marquess of Graham between 1954 and 1992, is a Southern Rhodesia-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland and a British Conservative Party politician.
The Duke was born in Southern Rhodesia, where his father, then the Marquess of Graham, was attempting to establish a farm.
On January 31, 1970, as Marquess of Graham, he married Catherine Elizabeth MacDonell Young (d. 29 October 2014), of Canada.
They have three children:
The Duke attended boarding school in Scotland, first in Aberdeenshire and after that at the Loretto School near Edinburgh.
The Duke considers himself a Conservative and took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1992. He is one of four dukes to have re-entered the House (of the 24 non-royal dukes eligible) following the House of Lords Act 1999, having been one of the 90 peers chosen or elected by the others sitting. The other dukes in the upper house among these are the Duke of Somerset, who won a by-election in December 2014, the Duke of Wellington, who won a by-election in September 2015, and the Duke of Norfolk who, as hereditary Earl Marshal and one of the Great Officers of State, does not have to stand for election.
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