About Angus Cunninghame Graham
Lived 1893 – 1981 (aged 87). Angus Cunninghame Graham was a British naval officer.
Admiral Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore and Ardoch (16 February 1893 – 14 February 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland.
Naval career Educated at Ascham St. Vincent's School, Cunninghame Graham joined the Royal Navy in 1905 when he entered the RNC, Osborne. His tutors thought well of him and in 1907 he progressed to RNC Dartmouth where he continued to get good grades in everything On his return from China, he was offered the post of captain of the "stone frigate" HMS President, He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dumabarton on 4 March 1952, and received his final promotion to admiral on 15 March of the same year.
He donated his papers (1913–1980) to Churchill College, Cambridge, and his naval archive (covering the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries) to the University of California, Irvine.
Family Born in Chelsea, Angus was the second child and only son of Commander Charles Elphinstone-Fleeming Cunninghame Graham and Mildred Emily Barbara, daughter of Charles Walter Bagot, Rector of Castle Rising, Norfolk. He was baptised on 25 March 1893 in Holy Trinity, Chelsea, having Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) as his godfather and Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (later the Princess Royal), as his godmother. This led to his attending the coronation of Edward VII as page to the Duke of Fife, for which he was awarded the 1902 Coronation Medal.
In October 1924, he married Mary Patricia, the youngest daughter of banker, Col Lionel Hanbury of Hitcham House CMG, VD High Sheriff of the County of London (1920–21);
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Royal Navy admiral (1893-1981)
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Angus Cunninghame Graham was born on 16 February 1893 in London.
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Angus Cunninghame Graham died on 14 February 1981 in Alexandria.
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