Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1830 to 1848 and Bishop of Chester from 1848 to 1865.
He is commemorated here but he is buried in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester. (Find A Grave Memorial# 180922307).
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Tutor to Charles Darwin. Replaced Joseph Shaw as tutor to Charles Darwin from 1829 to 1830. He was born in Claypath, Durham, on 23 February 1794, the only son of John Graham, managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey, in the city of Durham. He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1812, being elected to a scholarship in 1813.
Graham, John. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, Dec. 26, 1811. [Only] s. of John [managing clerk, of The Bailey, Durham]. B. [Feb. 23, 1794], at [Claypath], Durham. School, Durham. Matric. Michs. 1812; Scholar, 1813; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1816; Chancellor's Medal, 1816; M.A. 1819; B.D. 1829; D.D. 1831 (per Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1816-30. Tutor, 1828-30. 'An even better lecturer in mathematics than in classics.' Master, 1830-48. Vice-Chancellor, 1831 and 1840. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1818; priest, 1818; Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-48. Chaplain to the Prince Consort, 1841. R. and Rural Dean of Willingham, Cambs., 1843-8. Bishop of Chester, 1848-65. Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, 1849-65. 'Lived to see the changes which he desired, both in the College and in the University, carried out by the University Commission, of which he was a member, in 1860.' The D.N.B. remarks that he 'enjoyed the friendship of the Prince Consort and the respect of the Queen.' Judged to hold his own as a speaker by the side of Emerson and Wilberforce. Married, 1833, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Robert Porteous (1786). Author, Sermons. Died June 15, 1865, at the Palace. Buried at Chester. Father of John (1853) and Albert (1864).
(Peile, II. 369; Foster,Index Eccles.; Clergy List; D.N.B.; Crockford; Boase, I. 1197.)
Shipley described Graham as “one of the most brilliant of the alumni of the College (fourth Wrangler and Chancellor’s Classical Medallist in 1816), who was elected Master of the College in 1830, and was appointed to the Bishopric of Chester in 1848. Graham was one of the small group of Cambridge Liberals in the days of the first Reform Bill, and a strong supporter of the abolition of University tests. As a disciplinarian in College he is said to have been somewhat too easy-going”. (Shipley 1924, p. 127)"
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the spouse of the Reverend John Graham, Bishop of Chester was Charlotte Porteus, daughter of Robert Porteus, Rector of Wickham Bishops (1768-1803). Charlotte was born in 1802 at Wickham Bishops, married John Graham in 1833 at St James, Bury St Edmunds and died in 1844 at Chester. The couple had eight children: John, Mary Anne, Harriet, Eleanor, Henry, George, Charlotte and Albert. All of their children were born in Cambridge when John was the Master of Christ's College.
He is commemorated here but he is buried in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester. (Find A Grave Memorial# 180922307).
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(the following shared by Martin Packer)
Tutor to Charles Darwin. Replaced Joseph Shaw as tutor to Charles Darwin from 1829 to 1830. He was born in Claypath, Durham, on 23 February 1794, the only son of John Graham, managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey, in the city of Durham. He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1812, being elected to a scholarship in 1813.
Graham, John. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, Dec. 26, 1811. [Only] s. of John [managing clerk, of The Bailey, Durham]. B. [Feb. 23, 1794], at [Claypath], Durham. School, Durham. Matric. Michs. 1812; Scholar, 1813; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1816; Chancellor's Medal, 1816; M.A. 1819; B.D. 1829; D.D. 1831 (per Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1816-30. Tutor, 1828-30. 'An even better lecturer in mathematics than in classics.' Master, 1830-48. Vice-Chancellor, 1831 and 1840. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1818; priest, 1818; Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-48. Chaplain to the Prince Consort, 1841. R. and Rural Dean of Willingham, Cambs., 1843-8. Bishop of Chester, 1848-65. Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, 1849-65. 'Lived to see the changes which he desired, both in the College and in the University, carried out by the University Commission, of which he was a member, in 1860.' The D.N.B. remarks that he 'enjoyed the friendship of the Prince Consort and the respect of the Queen.' Judged to hold his own as a speaker by the side of Emerson and Wilberforce. Married, 1833, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Robert Porteous (1786). Author, Sermons. Died June 15, 1865, at the Palace. Buried at Chester. Father of John (1853) and Albert (1864).
(Peile, II. 369; Foster,Index Eccles.; Clergy List; D.N.B.; Crockford; Boase, I. 1197.)
Shipley described Graham as “one of the most brilliant of the alumni of the College (fourth Wrangler and Chancellor’s Classical Medallist in 1816), who was elected Master of the College in 1830, and was appointed to the Bishopric of Chester in 1848. Graham was one of the small group of Cambridge Liberals in the days of the first Reform Bill, and a strong supporter of the abolition of University tests. As a disciplinarian in College he is said to have been somewhat too easy-going”. (Shipley 1924, p. 127)"
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the spouse of the Reverend John Graham, Bishop of Chester was Charlotte Porteus, daughter of Robert Porteus, Rector of Wickham Bishops (1768-1803). Charlotte was born in 1802 at Wickham Bishops, married John Graham in 1833 at St James, Bury St Edmunds and died in 1844 at Chester. The couple had eight children: John, Mary Anne, Harriet, Eleanor, Henry, George, Charlotte and Albert. All of their children were born in Cambridge when John was the Master of Christ's College.
Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1830 to 1848 and Bishop of Chester from 1848 to 1865.
He is commemorated here but he is buried in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester. (Find A Grave Memorial# 180922307).
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(the following shared by Martin Packer)
Tutor to Charles Darwin. Replaced Joseph Shaw as tutor to Charles Darwin from 1829 to 1830. He was born in Claypath, Durham, on 23 February 1794, the only son of John Graham, managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey, in the city of Durham. He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1812, being elected to a scholarship in 1813.
Graham, John. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, Dec. 26, 1811. [Only] s. of John [managing clerk, of The Bailey, Durham]. B. [Feb. 23, 1794], at [Claypath], Durham. School, Durham. Matric. Michs. 1812; Scholar, 1813; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1816; Chancellor's Medal, 1816; M.A. 1819; B.D. 1829; D.D. 1831 (per Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1816-30. Tutor, 1828-30. 'An even better lecturer in mathematics than in classics.' Master, 1830-48. Vice-Chancellor, 1831 and 1840. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1818; priest, 1818; Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-48. Chaplain to the Prince Consort, 1841. R. and Rural Dean of Willingham, Cambs., 1843-8. Bishop of Chester, 1848-65. Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, 1849-65. 'Lived to see the changes which he desired, both in the College and in the University, carried out by the University Commission, of which he was a member, in 1860.' The D.N.B. remarks that he 'enjoyed the friendship of the Prince Consort and the respect of the Queen.' Judged to hold his own as a speaker by the side of Emerson and Wilberforce. Married, 1833, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Robert Porteous (1786). Author, Sermons. Died June 15, 1865, at the Palace. Buried at Chester. Father of John (1853) and Albert (1864).
(Peile, II. 369; Foster,Index Eccles.; Clergy List; D.N.B.; Crockford; Boase, I. 1197.)
Shipley described Graham as “one of the most brilliant of the alumni of the College (fourth Wrangler and Chancellor’s Classical Medallist in 1816), who was elected Master of the College in 1830, and was appointed to the Bishopric of Chester in 1848. Graham was one of the small group of Cambridge Liberals in the days of the first Reform Bill, and a strong supporter of the abolition of University tests. As a disciplinarian in College he is said to have been somewhat too easy-going”. (Shipley 1924, p. 127)"
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the spouse of the Reverend John Graham, Bishop of Chester was Charlotte Porteus, daughter of Robert Porteus, Rector of Wickham Bishops (1768-1803). Charlotte was born in 1802 at Wickham Bishops, married John Graham in 1833 at St James, Bury St Edmunds and died in 1844 at Chester. The couple had eight children: John, Mary Anne, Harriet, Eleanor, Henry, George, Charlotte and Albert. All of their children were born in Cambridge when John was the Master of Christ's College.
He is commemorated here but he is buried in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester. (Find A Grave Memorial# 180922307).
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(the following shared by Martin Packer)
Tutor to Charles Darwin. Replaced Joseph Shaw as tutor to Charles Darwin from 1829 to 1830. He was born in Claypath, Durham, on 23 February 1794, the only son of John Graham, managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey, in the city of Durham. He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1812, being elected to a scholarship in 1813.
Graham, John. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, Dec. 26, 1811. [Only] s. of John [managing clerk, of The Bailey, Durham]. B. [Feb. 23, 1794], at [Claypath], Durham. School, Durham. Matric. Michs. 1812; Scholar, 1813; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1816; Chancellor's Medal, 1816; M.A. 1819; B.D. 1829; D.D. 1831 (per Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1816-30. Tutor, 1828-30. 'An even better lecturer in mathematics than in classics.' Master, 1830-48. Vice-Chancellor, 1831 and 1840. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1818; priest, 1818; Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-48. Chaplain to the Prince Consort, 1841. R. and Rural Dean of Willingham, Cambs., 1843-8. Bishop of Chester, 1848-65. Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, 1849-65. 'Lived to see the changes which he desired, both in the College and in the University, carried out by the University Commission, of which he was a member, in 1860.' The D.N.B. remarks that he 'enjoyed the friendship of the Prince Consort and the respect of the Queen.' Judged to hold his own as a speaker by the side of Emerson and Wilberforce. Married, 1833, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Robert Porteous (1786). Author, Sermons. Died June 15, 1865, at the Palace. Buried at Chester. Father of John (1853) and Albert (1864).
(Peile, II. 369; Foster,Index Eccles.; Clergy List; D.N.B.; Crockford; Boase, I. 1197.)
Shipley described Graham as “one of the most brilliant of the alumni of the College (fourth Wrangler and Chancellor’s Classical Medallist in 1816), who was elected Master of the College in 1830, and was appointed to the Bishopric of Chester in 1848. Graham was one of the small group of Cambridge Liberals in the days of the first Reform Bill, and a strong supporter of the abolition of University tests. As a disciplinarian in College he is said to have been somewhat too easy-going”. (Shipley 1924, p. 127)"
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the spouse of the Reverend John Graham, Bishop of Chester was Charlotte Porteus, daughter of Robert Porteus, Rector of Wickham Bishops (1768-1803). Charlotte was born in 1802 at Wickham Bishops, married John Graham in 1833 at St James, Bury St Edmunds and died in 1844 at Chester. The couple had eight children: John, Mary Anne, Harriet, Eleanor, Henry, George, Charlotte and Albert. All of their children were born in Cambridge when John was the Master of Christ's College.
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