James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose

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James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, KT, PC (16 July 179930 December 1874) was a British politician. He was the only son of his father's second marriage (to Caroline Marie Montagu, the daughter of the Duke of Manchester). He married Caroline Agnes Beresford, the daughter of Lord Decies. During the mid-nineteenth century he occupied minor positions outside the cabinet in the short-lived governments of Lord Derby. He and his wife had one son, Douglas, who succeeded his father to the dukedom on the latter's death in 1874.

Political offices
Preceded by
Viscount Jocelyn
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1821–1827
Succeeded by
Sir Samuel Hulse
Preceded by
The Lord Abercromby
Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire
1843–1874
Succeeded by
The Earl of Dunmore
Preceded by
The Marquess of Westminster
Lord Steward
1852–1853
Succeeded by
The Duke of Norfolk
Preceded by
Matthew Talbot Baines
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1858–1859
Succeeded by
Sir George Grey, Bt
Preceded by
The Lord Stanley of Alderley
Postmaster General
1866–1868
Succeeded by
Marquess of Hartington
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick William Trench
Charles Madryll Cheere
Member for Cambridge
with Frederick William Trench

1825–1832
Succeeded by
George Pryme
Thomas Rice
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
James Graham
Duke of Montrose
1836–1874
Succeeded by
Douglas Graham