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Sir James Graham

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Politician.

National Gallery Trustee (1835–1861).

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

History of Parliament states that Graham presented petitions against colonial slavery.

Bibliography

M. Escott, 'GRAHAM, James Robert George (1792-1861), of Netherby, Cumb.', in History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, 1820-1832, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/graham-james-1792-1861
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J. Parry, 'Graham, Sir James Robert George, second baronet', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11204
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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