GRAHAM, William 2nd Earl of Airth and Menteith 1
- Born: About 1634 1
- Died: 12 September 1694 1
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General Notes:
"The Earl was twice married. Anna Hewes, his first wife, whom he married prior to 28 April 1677, was divorced by him on 19 July 1684, but a series of legal proceedings in connection with the divorce extended down to June 1685. The Earl's second wife, whom he is said to have married before the decree divorcing Countess Anna was pronounced, was Katherine Bruce, daughter of Thomas Bruce of Blairhall, who predeceased her husband in the beginning of 1692. By neither wife was there issue, and the Earl's male heir, Sir James Graham, his uncle, being probably dead, the dignity was left unclaimed until 1744, when .... the title of Earl of Menteith was assumed by William Graham, on the supposition that his greatgrandmother, Elizabeth Graham, was the only sister of the eighth Earl of Menteith and second Earl of Airth."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 1
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