Graham Graham-Montgomery
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Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Stanhope (9 July 1823–2 June 1901) was a Scottish
Scotland
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 baronet
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 and member of the British House of Commons
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. He entered the House in 1852 as a member
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 for Peeblesshire
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, and held this seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk
Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Peeblesshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.-Boundaries:...

. He was returned for the newly unified constituency, and held it through 1880. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury
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 from 1866 until 1868. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire
Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire:*George Graham 17 March 1794 – 18 December 1801*William Adam 30 January 1802 – 17 February 1839*Sir Charles Adam 28 March 1839 – 16 September 1853...

from 1854 until his death in 1901.
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