Robert Cunninghame Graham ⁷⁸⁰

  General Notes:

From The Times, 21 March 1936

Obituary

Mr. R.B. Cunninghame Graham

We regret to announce that, according to a Reuter message from Buenos Aires, Mr. R.B. Cunninghame Graham, who was on a visit to Argentina, died there last evening.
Born in 1852, of ancient Scottish lineage, and educated a Harrow, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham became the most picturesque Scot of his time. He ranched in Argentina, served in the Uruguayan Army, and travelled widely in other parts of South America. From 1886 to 1892 he was M.P. for North Lanarkshire, being returned as a Liberal, but quickly developing into a Socialist and a follower of William Morris. His life was saved by Burns in the riots in Trafalgar Square in 1887. He published many books of travel of South America. In 1879 he married a Chilean lady, who died in 1906.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Resided: 20 March 1936, Ardoch, Cardross, Dumbartonshire. ¹³

2. He had an estate probated on 25 July 1936 in London. ¹³

3. Further Confirmation Resealed: 13 November 1936, London. ¹³

Robert married Caroline Stansfield Horsfall in 1879. (Caroline Stansfield Horsfall was born in 1860 and died in 1906.)