Admiral Alexander Graeme

ADMIRAL ALEXANDER GRAEME OF GRAEMESHALL, RN

Admiral of the White: Sometime Commander-in-Chief, The Nore

Admiral Alexander Graeme of Graemshall is the son of Mungo Graeme of Graemeshall and his wife Jean Chancellor. He was born before 15 December 1741, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Holm and Paplay in Orkney, Scotland. Scottish Baptisms

The American Revolutionary War

Admiral Alexander Graeme of Graemeshall was the commanding officer of the sloop HMS Kingfisher in February 1776 and saw action at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet in June 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.

The Graemeshall Estate

Admiral Alexander Graeme of Graemeshall inherited the Graemeshall Estate in 1786. [James M. Irvine, The Breckness Estate: A History of its Lairds, Tenants and Farms, and Skaill House (Printed in Orkney for James M. Irvine by The Orcadian Limited, 2009) pp. 110-11, 127, 130 and 133. See also the drop-line pedigree chart for the Grahams of Breckness and various relations]

Death and Burial

Admiral Alexander Graeme of Graemeshall died in Edinburgh on 5 August 1818 aged 76. He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the centre of Edinburgh.

Biographical Account

Wikipedia: Alexander Graeme