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James Graham, 2nd Marquis of Montrose (c. 1631 - Feb 1669)

Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Montrose, Angus
Relationships: James Graham was a son of James Graham (1612-1650)

References in Documents:
Relics of the First Marquis of Montrose A minute of the Council of Aberdeen, under date the 25th Feb. 1661, reads as follows "The said day, the Counsell haveing informatione, &c., that it was the desyr of ane noble and potent Earle, James, Marques of Montrose, that that dismemberit part of the bodie of the lait murtherit Marques of Montrose, his father, suld be soucht out of the place of the Church of this Burghe, wher the samen was interrit efter it wes taken doune from of the pinnacle was put up by the enimies of the said Marques, and that the samen be taken up and preservit, till order suld come for transporting the semen to the bodie," &c. (Council Register, vol. liv. 248-9.) Deeds of Montrose, p. 535.