William Coryton GRAHAM 1
- Born: 10 Sep 1857, Agra, Bengal, India 2
- Christened: 19 Oct 1857, Fort William, Bengal, India
- Marriage (1): Kate Emily ROBERTSON in 1893 in Bengal, India
- Died: 17 Jan 1931, Calcutta, India aged 73
General Notes:
Census 1861 with his Grand father Coryton, in Woolwich, Kent, age 4
Census 1871 with his Grand father Graham, in Cheltenham, scholar, age 14.
Census 1881 with his father, in Kensington, aged 24. Occupation: Barrister at law, Born East Indies.
William Coryton Graham, born at Agra on 10 September 1857 and baptised at Fort William on 19 October[8], was educated at Eton before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge and called to the Bar by Lincolns Inn in 1880. He served for a time on the Pall Mall Gazette and continued his journalistic interests in India by becoming owner of the Indian Daily News while building up a large practice at the Bar. Despite being recommended to a judgeship more than once, he chose the path of commerce as Director of the Bengal Coal Company and other concerns[9]. In 1893 he married Kate Emily Robertson and died at Calcutta on 17 January 1931 aged about 74 years. Kate died on 2 October of that same year.
Graham, William Coryton, under- grad. Trin. Coll., Camb., goes the Western circuit, a student of Lincoln's Inn 19 Jan., 1877 (then aged 20), called to the bar 21 April, 1880 (eldest son of Joseph Graham, Q.C., sometime advocate-general Bengal) ; born , 1857.
Name:William Coryton. Graham
College:TRINITY
Entered:Michs. 1875
Died:17 Jan 1931
More Information:Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 25, 1875. S. [and h.] of Joseph (1850) [and Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Coryton], of 18, Prince of Wales Terrace, London. B. [Nov. 3], 1856, in Calcutta. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1875. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 19, 1877. Called to the Bar, Apr. 21, 1880. On the Western Circuit. Served on the Pall Mall Gazette under John Morley. A prominent barrister in Calcutta, and at one time proprietor of the Indian Daily News. More than once recommended for a Judgeship. Director of the Bengal Coal Company and other commercial concerns. Died Jan. 17, 1931, in Calcutta. (Eton Sch. Lists; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar, which gives 'b. 1857'; The Times, Jan. 19, 1931.)
William married Kate Emily ROBERTSON, daughter of Joseph Stanton ROBERTSON and Maria BROADHURST, in 1893 in Bengal, India. (Kate Emily ROBERTSON was born on 8 Dec 1870 in Kidderpore, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, christened on 8 Jan 1871 in Kidderpore, Calcutta, West Bengal, India and died on 2 Oct 1931 in India.)
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