Colonel John Graham of Fintry and the Fourth Cape Eastern Frontier War, 1811-1812

dc.creator	Johan De Villiers
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:33Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/31-2-150
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b244bd1cde4e471fbf23ae74ebb340c8
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8306
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/b244bd1cde4e471fbf23ae74ebb340c8
dc.description	<p>Not much is nowadays remembered of Colonel John Graham in South Africa. His name is perpetuated in the city of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, and the name of a primary school at Plumstead, Cape Peninsula. Buried in the old Wynberg cemetery, Somerset Road, his grave is today unidentified and lost forever.</p><p>Johan Graham was the second son of Robert Graham of the Fintry Estate in Forfarshire, Scotland. He was born at Dundee on 24 April 1778 and inter alia taught by the learned Professor John Playfair and Josiah Walker, tutor at Athol House. At the age of 16 years Graham was gazetted Ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot, but he never joined this regiment, because in the same year (1794), having assisted his cousin, Thomas Graham of Balgowan (afterwards Lord Lynedoch), to recruit candidates for the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers), he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in that regiment.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/150
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 31, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	Colonel John Graham
dc.subject	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
dc.subject	Robert Graham of the Fintry Estate in Forfarshire, Scotland
dc.subject	85th Regiment of Foot
dc.subject	Lord Lynedoch
dc.subject	the Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief
dc.subject	Austrian Army
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Colonel John Graham of Fintry and the Fourth Cape Eastern Frontier War, 1811-1812
dc.type	Article