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Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (24 May 1852 – 20 March 1936) was a Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first ever socialist member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; a founder, and the first president, of the Scottish Labour Party; a founder of the National Party of Scotland in 1928; and the first president of the Scottish National Party in 1934.YouthCunninghame Graham was the eldest son of Major William Bontine of the Renfrew Militia and formerly a Cornet in the Scots Greys with whom he served in Ireland. His mother was the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Elphinstone-Fleeming, daughter of Admiral Charles Elphinstone-Fleeming of Cumbernauld and a Spanish noblewoman, Doña Catalina Paulina Alessandro de Jiménez, who r...Read Full Biography of Robert Cunninghame-graham
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- If Doughty Deeds
If doughty deeds my lady please,
Right soon I'll mount my steed;
And strong his arm and fast his seat,
That bears frae me the meed....
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Mamboward: on this day in scotland 20 march 1936: the death in buenos aires of robert cunninghame graham, the socialist politician who became the first president of the scottish national party.Pub_hist: john lavery 'don roberto': robert bontine cunninghame graham on pampa
Scotlandlabour: in 1934, the national party of scotland amalgamated with the scottish party to become the scottish national party (snp) - which still exists to this day - and robert bontine cunninghame graham became the snp’s first honorary president.
Scotlandlabour: did you know, the scottish labour party was once an actual political party, from 1888-1895? everyone already knows about keir hardie, but he wasn’t the only socialist on the block...so here’s a wee thread. meet another one of the founders: robert bontine cunninghame graham
Johnsimkin: some of the protesters were arrested and later two of the leaders of the march, john burns and robert cunninghame graham, were arrested and later sentenced to a six-week prison sentence.
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W R B Cunninghame Graham: The poem was written by Robert Graham (later Cunninghame Graham) of Gartmore (1735-1797), who was briefly a Whig MP for Stirlingshire, but the photo is of his far more famous 3 x great-grandson, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) who, though a prolific author, never wrote any poetry.
For a portrait of the poet, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Raeburn_(1756-1823)_-_Robert_Cunninghame_Graham_of_Gartmore_(d.1797),_Poet_and_Politician_-_PG_2620_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg
