Lord Edward Graham of Esk, 2nd Viscount Preston, 4th Baronet

Lord Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston was born circa 1679. He was the son of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston and Lady Ann Howard. He married Mary Dalton, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Dalton, on the 5th of January 1702 or 1703. He died around 1710. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Graham, of Esk, Cumberland on the 22nd of December 1695. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Graham of Esk on the 22nd of December 1695 as well. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Graham on the same day, again. In August 1696 he had the forfeited estates restored. He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

_______________________

• Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston1
• M, #473191, b. circa 1679, d. 1710
• Last Edited=11 Nov 2012
• Consanguinity Index=0.0%
• Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston was born circa 1679.1 He was the son of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston and Lady Ann Howard.1 He married Mary Dalton, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Dalton, on 5 January 1702/3.1 He died in 1710.1
• He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Graham, of Esk, Cumberland [E., 1629] on 22 December 1695.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Graham of Esk [S., 1681] on 22 December 1695.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Graham [S., 1681] on 22 December 1695.1 In August 1696 he had the forfeited estates restored.1 He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.1
• Child of Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston and Mary Dalton
  • Charles Graham, 3rd Viscount Preston1 b. 25 Mar 1706, d. 22 Feb 1738/39
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1620. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p47320.htm#i473191 ____________________
• Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC (24 September 1648 – 1695) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1675 and 1689. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon.
• Graham was born at Netherby, Cumberland, on 24 September 1648, the eldest son of Sir George Graham, 2nd Baronet (d. 1658), of Netherby, son and heir of Sir Richard Graham, 1st Baronet (d. 1654). His mother was Lady Mary Johnstone, second daughter of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell. He was educated at Westminster School under Dr Busby, although not on the foundation. He proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, about 1664. On 4 February 1666 he graduated Master of Arts.
• .... etc.
• Preston died at Nunnington Hall on 22 December 1695, and was buried in the chancel of the church. He married, on 2 August 1670, Lady Anne Howard, second daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, by whom he had with other issue a son, Edward (1679–1709), who succeeded him as second Viscount Preston. He also had two daughters, Catherine (1677–1757) and Mary (d.1753). They inherited the Nunnington estate in 1739 on the death of their nephew Charles (1706–1739), the third Viscount Preston (died without offspring).
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graham,_1st_Viscount_Preston ___________________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 22
• Graham, Richard (1648-1695) by Gordon Goodwin
• GRAHAM, RICHARD, Viscount Preston (1648–1695), born at Netherby, Cumberland, on 24 Sept. 1648, was the eldest son of Sir George Graham, bart. (d. 1657), of Netherby, son and heir of Sir Richard Graham, kt. and bart. (d. 1653). His mother was Lady Mary Johnston, second daughter of James, first earl of Hartfell in Scotland. He was educated at Westminster School under Dr. Busby, though not on the foundation. In 1662, being then of Norton-Conyers, Yorkshire, he was created a baronet of England (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1661–2, pp. 455, 528, 549). .... etc.
• Preston died at Nunnington on 22 Dec. 1695, and was buried in the chancel of the church. He married, on 2 Aug. 1670, Lady Anne Howard, second daughter of Charles, first earl of Carlisle, by whom he had with other issue a son, Edward (1679–1709), who succeeded him as second Viscount Preston. Graham's family papers are calendared in the 6th report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (p. 321); his valuable and interesting correspondence while envoy extraordinary to the court of France 1682–5, and while secretary of state at the end of 1688, is set forth in the 7th report (pp. 261–428); the originals being preserved at Netherby Hall. Several of his letters were printed by Sir John Dalrymple in his ‘Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.’
• [Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Wood), ii. 374–375; Hutchinson's Cumberland; Welch's Alumni Westmon. 1852, p. 175; Luttrell's Historical Relation of State Affairs, 1857; State Trials (Howell), xii. 645–747, 814–17; Hist. MSS. Comm. 6th and 7th Reps.; Evelyn's Diary, 1850–1852, vol. ii.; Macaulay's Hist. of England; Burnet's Own Time; Cal. State Papers. Treas. 1256–1696.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Graham,_Richard_(1648-1695)_(DNB00) _____________
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and ... Vol. I. By John Burke
• https://books.google.com/books?id=-P4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA529&lpg=PA529&d...
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalheral01burk
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/528/mode/1up
• DALTON, OF SLENINGFORD.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/529/mode/1up
• .... etc.
  • I. WILLIAM (Sir), knt. of Hawkeswell, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, and dying in 1675,* left issue,
    • 1. SIR MARMADUKE DALTON, of Hawkeswell, who received the honor of knighthood in 1676. He m. Barbara, daughter of the Hon. Henry Belasyse, M.P. for the county of York, and relict of Walter Strickland, esq. by whom he left, at his decease in 1680 (being accidentally drowned at Dalton Bridge, near Topcliff), three daughters, his co-heirs, viz.
      • GRACE, d. unmarried.
      • MARY, m. to Edward Graham, Viscount Preston.
      • .... etc. _______________
• 'Dalton02'
• .... etc.
• (A) Sir William Dalton of Hawkeswell or Hauxwell (b c1629, d 23.03.1675)
• m. Elizabeth Wyvill (dau of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bart of Constable Burton)
  • (i) Sir Marmaduke Dalton of Hawkeswell (b c1655, d 19.02.1680-9)
  • m. Barbara Belasyse (dau of Hon. Henry Belasyse, relict of Walter Strickland)
    • (a) Mary Dalton (d before 1759)
    • m. (05.01.1702-3) Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston (b c1673, d 1710)
    • (b) .... etc.
• Main source(s): Visitation (Coley 1899, Yorkshire, Dugdale 1665, Dalton of Hawkeswell), Commoners (vol i, Dalton of Sleningford), BLG1952 (Wade-Dalton of Hauxwell)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dalton02.php _________________