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The property of Mossknowe lies in the parish of Kirkpatrick Fleming, in Annandale, Dumfriesshire. The Grahams first obtained possession of Mossknowe in 1660: William Graham, minister of Kirkpatrick Fleming from 1658 to his death in 1673 aged 45, married Margaret Irving, elder daughter of David Irving of Mossknowe. He was succeeded by William Graham of Mossknowe MA, who may have died in the 1740s. His eldest son was Fergus Graham of Mossknowe. The estate had become burdened with debt, however, and had to be sold. The purchaser, in 1762, was Dr William Graham, a surgeon of the parish of Westmorland in the island of Jamaica, grandson of William Graham of Mossknowe MA. He seems to have returned to the UK, while Fergus died there c1769. Dr Graham died in 1790, succeeded by his brother John Graham of Mossknowe. He died in c1800, and was succeeded by his son, William Graham of Mossknowe. In 1794 he married Grace Gordon, youngest daughter of Hon Lt Col John Gordon, second son of the third Earl of Aboyne.
On his death in 1832, his eldest son, Col William Graham of Mossknowe (1797-1882) succeeded. His two elder sons succeeded him in turn, the younger of whom, Maj-Gen John Gordon Graham of Mossknowe (1833-1911), had a number of children with his wife Susanna Hay. Their eldest son, William Fergus Graham of Mossknowe (1874-1953), succeeded. He served in the Boer War and in the First and Second World Wars. His eldest son, John Fergus Graham of Mossknowe (1928-1991), succeeded, but died without issue, and was succeeded by his first cousin, Claude Stewart Chambers Graham of Mossknowe (1935-), who lives in South Africa.
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