Robert Graham (Whig politician)

Robert Graham (1785–1859), of Redgorton, was a Scottish advocate and landowner who briefly sat as a Whig Lord of the Treasury.

[1] In the 1830s Robert Graham, advocate is listed as living at 18 Heriot Row, one of the most prestigious addresses in the Edinburgh New Town.

In the following month, he contested Perthshire at a by-election following the Earl of Ormelie's succession as Marquess of Breadalbane, but was defeated by Sir George Murray.

Graham lost his place at the Treasury board when the Melbourne government fell in November and did not return to political office.

In 1843, he inherited the estate of Balgowan from his second cousin, Lord Lynedoch; he sold it in 1844.

Robert Graham's house at 18 Heriot Row, Edinburgh