Scottish Clan Profile

Clan Graham

Greumach — “territorial, probably from Grantham in Lincolnshire”
“Ne oublie” · Do not forget
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicGreumach
Historic titleDuke of Montrose
HeartlandStirlingshire, Menteith & Montrose
Plant badgeLaurel

A clan straddling Highland and Lowland Scotland, and the family of two of its most famous soldiers: James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, and John Graham of Claverhouse, 'Bonnie Dundee'.

Ancestral seats

  • Buchanan Castle, Drymen
  • Mugdock Castle, Stirlingshire

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie

Free-access ruins of the Grahams' medieval Mugdock Castle, with visitor centre and cafe.

St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Monument and tomb of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, reinterred in 1661.

Also recorded as

GrahameGraemeGrimes

Travelling to Graham country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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