Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore

Robert Graham

Robert Graham (1735 – 11 December 1797), who took the name Bontine in 1770 and Cunninghame Graham in 1796, was a Scottish politician and poet.[1] He is now remembered for a poem If doughty deeds my lady please,[2] which was later set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and also by his great-great-grandson, Rev. Malise Cunninghame Graham.

  1. ^ Robert Graham. University of Glasgow (multitab page)
  2. ^ Initially this poem was erroneously attributed by Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Montrose

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