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Bellingham Graham

1789 – 1866

English cricketer

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Lived 1789 – 1866 (aged 76). Bellingham Graham was a British cricketer.

Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7th Baronet (4 November 1789 – 15 June 1866) was an English Baronet.

He served as an Army officer, initially as a cornet with the 23rd Light Dragoons from 1808. He was a lieutenant serving in the 10th Royal Hussars in 1810 and by 1811, was serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Clare Regiment of Local Militia. He took over the Clare Regiment of Local Militia as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant in January 1813. He resigned as Commandant in 1819, following a public disagreement with Lord Grantham.

Graham was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for North Riding of Yorkshire in 1812.

Graham had several sporting interests, most notably as a cricketer who played for Middlesex. He is recorded in one match in 1815, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0. He was more closely associated with equine sports, serving as the Master of Hounds for a number of different hunts, including the Quorn Hunt and the Albrighton Hunt. His equine activities extended to racehorses for a period, and he owned the 1816 winner of the St Leger Stakes, The Duchess.

Yachting was another of Graham's interests; he was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, serving as Vice-Commodore from 1848 to 1850. He owned several yachts including Harriet and Flirt.

He spent time at the Boodle's gentleman's club in his later years. He remarried in 1831 to Harriet Cottam, daughter of Rev. Robert Cottam. They together had five children, all of whom survived to adulthood.

Sir Reginald Henry Graham, 8th Baronet (1835–1920) who succeeded his father as 8th Baronet. Married 1876 to Annie Mary Shiffner, daughter of Thomas Shiffner, of the Shiffner baronets; they had three children, including Sir Reginald Guy Graham, 9th Baronet. Major-General George Fergus Graham (1836–1930), British Indian Army; married 1871 Margaret Anne Atkinson, daughter of Thomas Jasper Atkinson. They had one child, a son. Augusta Clementina Graham (died 1875), married Major Edmund de Feyl. They had one child, a daughter. Charlotte Harriet Graham (died 1927), unmarried. Charlotte was a nun with St Peter's sisterhood, London. Gertrude Elizabeth Priscilla Graham (died 1927), married 1863 Count Arthur Dillon (d.1889).

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Who was Bellingham Graham?

English cricketer (1789-1866)

When was Bellingham Graham born?

Bellingham Graham was born on 3 November 1789 in England.

When did Bellingham Graham die?

Bellingham Graham died on 15 June 1866 in Westminster.

What was Bellingham Graham's occupation?

Bellingham Graham was a cricketer.

What nationality was Bellingham Graham?

Bellingham Graham was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bellingham Graham

· Wikidata: Q16065819

· DBpedia: Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7th Baronet

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