The Duke of Montrose | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Rhodesia | |
In office 31 December 1966 – 11 September 1968 | |
Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
Preceded by | Ian Smith |
Succeeded by | Jack Howman |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 17 December 1962 – 31 December 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Field Ian Smith |
Preceded by | Herbert Jack Quinton |
Succeeded by | George Rudland |
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources | |
In office 17 December 1962 – 14 April 1964 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Field Ian Smith |
Preceded by | Herbert Jack Quinton |
Succeeded by | Philip van Heerden (Mines and Lands) |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 25 June 1957 – 10 February 1992 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 6th Duke of Montrose |
Succeeded by | The 8th Duke of Montrose |
Personal details | |
Born | James Angus Graham 2 May 1907 Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Died | 10 February 1992 Stirlingshire, Scotland | (aged 84)
Spouses | Isabel Veronia Sellar
(m. 1930; div. 1950)Susan Semple (m. 1952) |
Children | 6, including James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose |
Parent(s) | James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1939–1945 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose ID (2 May 1907 – 10 February 1992), styled Earl of Kincardine until 1925 and Marquess of Graham between 1925 and 1954, was a Scottish-born Rhodesian politician, farmer and aristocrat. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Rhodesian government of Ian Smith, and in 1965 was a signatory to Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence.