Thomas Grahame

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 30 January 1792 birth or baptism of Thomas Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 5], in the parish of Glasgow

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 21 April 1823 marriage or banns of Hannah Finlay to Thomas Graham, in the parish of Glasgow
• 21 April 1823 marriage or banns of Hannah Finlay to Thomas Graham, in the parish of Barony

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 3 children of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay from first: 14 December 1826 Janet Finlay Graham to last: 3 January 1830 Hannah Graham

• 14 December 1826 birth or baptism of Janet Finlay Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 1], in the parish of Barony
• 28 April 1828 birth or baptism of Helen Geddes Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 2], in the parish of Barony
• 3 January 1830 birth or baptism of Hannah Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 3], in the parish of Barony

From FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Thomas Grahame in 1847 and FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Elizabeth Limond in 1847

• July to September 1847: Registration of marriage of Elizabeth Limond; in Kensington (Volume Iii, Page 302)
• July to September 1847: Registration of marriage of Thomas Grahame; in Kensington (Volume Iii, Page 302)

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Thursday, 29 July 1847 Page 8 Marriages

Marriages: On Wednesday, 28 July 1847 [inst.], at [St Johns Church, 18 Hyde Park Crescent, Tyburnia, London W2 2QD 51.5152966, -0.1685582], Paddington, by the Rev. Francis Close, of Cheltenham, Thomas Grahame, Esq., to Elizabeth Limond, widow of the late Major-General Alexander Limond.

From Clan MacFarlane NOTE: title "Major" but no source confirmation

Image by Chester Harding from artuk

From "William Henry Hill handwritten manuscript, Page 29 88 James Grahame 89 Robert G 90 Matilda G 91 Thomas G 92 Janet Finlay G 93 Helen Geddes G 94 Anne G 95 Thomas Donald 96 Helen D.jpg"

[WHH-REF:91] Thomas Grahame, Writer in Glasgow, second son of [WHH-REF:87] was born on 30 January 1792. He married firstly on [blank] Hannah Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay of Castle Toward by whom he had issue viz: Janet Finlay Grahame [WHH-REF:92], Helen Geddes Grahame [WHH-REF:93] and Hannah Grahame [WHH-REF:91/a] born [blank] died unmarried.

Thomas Grahame [WHH-REF:91] married secondly on [blank] Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Neil Campbell 79th Highlanders and died [blank]

From Biographical Sketches of the Hon. The Lord Provosts of Glasgow by John Tweed Published 1883 Page 19

Not long after this event he [Robert Grahame] removed to Weymouth, on the south coast of England, for the benefit of his health, taking with him his daughter, Mrs. Donald, and her son, as also his own son, Mr. Thomas Grahame, who had previously married a daughter of the late Mr. Kirkman Finlay, of Castle Toward, and was then a widower. Some years before his death he sold the property of Whitehill to Mr. John Reid, of Annfield. Whitehill House, near 35 Finlay Drive, Glasgow G31 2QY 55.860043, -4.218424

Mr. Robert Grahame had two sons and two daughters. ... Mr. Grahame's second son, Thomas Grahame, married first as already stated, the eldest daughter of Kirkman Finlay, Esq., by whom he had three daughters, and afterwards the widow of General Limond, E.C.S.

From Mrs Alice Clara Grahame (1864-1954) – Glasgow Museums Art Donors Group

Thomas Grahame was the son of Robert Grahame of Whitehill, advocate and former Lord Provost of Glasgow and brother of James Grahame. He was born in Glasgow in 1792. There is no information on his early life. Although he used the title of major there is no information at this point of his military service which may have been in a militia regiment.

He married Hannah Finlay of Castle Toward in 1823 with whom he had three daughters. Hannah died in 1834.

Thomas moved to England sometime in the late 1830s at about the same time as his father Robert Grahame. In 1847 Thomas married Elizabeth Campbell in London. They had no children. The 1851 and 1861 census records his occupation as ‘landed proprietor,stocks and shares’ so he was of independent means. Thomas spent the rest of his life in England . In 1851 he was living in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire with his wife, three daughters and his ninety-one year old father Robert and in 1861 the family were living in Broadwater in Sussex where Thomas died in 1870. Thomas Grahame was the great-uncle of our donor through his father’s family. NOTE: conflicts with current death in Leamington Spa

From FreeBMD - Registration of death of Thomas Grahame in 1871

January to March 1871: Registration of death of Thomas Grahame; aged 79 [born about 1792]; in Warwick (Volume 6d, Page 376)

From British Newspaper Archive: Greenock Advertiser Saturday, 25 March 1871 Page 1 Deaths

Deaths: At Lansdowne Place, Leamington, on Monday, 20 March 1871 [inst.], Thomas Grahame, Esq., late of Whitehill, aged 79.

From Ancestry 18710516 probate Thomas Grahame 22 Lansdowne Place Leamington d 18710320 pr Elizabeth G widow John James Nugent Clonlost Westmeath Ireland under £18000

16 May 1871 probate (will with codicil) of Thomas Grahame of late of [22 Lansdowne Place, now 22 Parade, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 4DN 52.2926575, -1.5360755], who died 20 March 1871, at 22 Lansdowne Place, probate granted at Principal Registry on 16 May 1871 to Elizabeth Grahame, of 22 Lansdowne Place, widow, the relict, and John James Nugent Esq., of Clonlost in the county of Westmeath in Ireland, two of the executors. Effects under £18000. Double probate passed at the Principal Registry December 1871.

From Ancestry 18711213 probate Thomas Grahame 22 Lansdowne Place Leamington Warks d 18710320 pr James Grahame Stewart nephew 13 Curzon Street Mayfair under £18000

13 December 1871 probate (will) of Thomas Grahame Esq., late of 22 Lansdowne Place, Leamington, Warwickshire, who died 20 March 1871, at 22 Lansdowne Place, probate granted at Principal Registry on 13 December 1871 to James Grahame Stewart of 13 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Middlesex, gentleman, the nephew, the other executor. Former grant Principal Registry May 1871. Effects under £18000