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==Early Life & Career==
 
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His godfather was Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.  His uncle was Robert Cunninghame Graham, a famous horseman known in Argentina as "Don Roberto" and also as the "Gaucho Laird."
 
His godfather was Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.  His uncle was Robert Cunninghame Graham, a famous horseman known in Argentina as "Don Roberto" and also as the "Gaucho Laird."
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==Post-Second World War==
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Cunninghame Graham was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dumabarton on 4 March, 1952.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39491/pages/1468 no. 39491.  p. 1468.]  14 March, 1952.</ref>  On 5 January, 1955, he was commissioned as Her Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Dumbarton.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/40381/pages/240 no. 40381.  p. 240.]  11 January, 1955.</ref>  On 9 May he succeeded his late predecessor as Lord Lieutenant in the position of Keeper of Dumbarton Castle.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/40475/pages/2728 no. 40475.  p. 2728.]  10 May, 1955.</ref>  He was succeeded as Lord Lieutenant of Dumbarton on 14 May, 1968.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44594/pages/5899 no. 44594.  p. 5899.]  24 May, 1968.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 09:43, 25 August 2011

Admiral SIR Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (16 February, 1892 – 14 February, 1981) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

His godfather was Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. His uncle was Robert Cunninghame Graham, a famous horseman known in Argentina as "Don Roberto" and also as the "Gaucho Laird."

Post-Second World War

Cunninghame Graham was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dumabarton on 4 March, 1952.[1] On 5 January, 1955, he was commissioned as Her Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Dumbarton.[2] On 9 May he succeeded his late predecessor as Lord Lieutenant in the position of Keeper of Dumbarton Castle.[3] He was succeeded as Lord Lieutenant of Dumbarton on 14 May, 1968.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 39491. p. 1468. 14 March, 1952.
  2. London Gazette: no. 40381. p. 240. 11 January, 1955.
  3. London Gazette: no. 40475. p. 2728. 10 May, 1955.
  4. London Gazette: no. 44594. p. 5899. 24 May, 1968.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham" (Obituaries). The Times. 16 February, 1981. Issue 60853, col G, pg. 14.
  • Cunninghame Grahame, Admiral Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine (1979). Random Naval Recollections, 1905–1951. Gartochan, Dumbartonshire: Famedram Publishers Limited.

External Links

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