William Graham (British Army officer)

Brigadier-General William Graham (died 29 September 1747) was a British Army officer from Balliheridon, county Armagh, Ireland.

Biography

Graham joined the Army as an ensign in the 2nd (Queen's) Regiment of Foot on 1 September 1706,[1][2] and was present at the Battle of Almanza, where he was taken prisoner.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 2 March 1710[4] and served in the expedition to Canada in 1711.[1] On 23 March 1723 he became lieutenant-colonel of the Queen's Regiment,[2] and on 12 August 1741 he was promoted to colonel of the 54th (later 43rd) Regiment of Foot.[1][5] He transferred to the colonelcy of the 11th Regiment of Foot on 7 February 1746,[6] was promoted to brigadier-general on 18 April 1746, and took part in the raid on Lorient.[1] He died on 29 September 1747.[1][7][8]

Family

William Graham was the son of Arthur Graham.[9] His daughter and heir, Alice, married Joshua McGeough, of Drumsill, Co. Armargh, progenitor of the McGough-Bond family of Drumsill.[10]

References
  1. Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, vol. 6 (1904) p. 66, n. 11.
  2. Army List for 1740, p. 16.
  3. Dalton, English Army Lists, p. 363.
  4. Dalton, English Army Lists, p. 65.
  5. "No. 8042". The London Gazette. 18–22 August 1741. p. 1.
  6. Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Eleventh, or the North Devon Regiment of Foot (1845) p. 33.
  7. Cannon, North Devon Regiment, p. 34.
  8. Buried at St James, Westminster, on 3 October 1747. Source: The Register of Marriages (and Burials) belonging to St James's Westminster. 1723-1754. 3 October 1747.
  9. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  10. Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1 January 1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company.


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