Journal, 5 January-14 September 1853, of Lumley Graham. With pencil drawings and "A description of the country in which the 43rd Regiment was employed, 1852-3", by surgeon Alexander Barclay.
This is a manuscript copy of the original journal (it was probably Graham's own copy).
Dates
- Creation: 1853
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.r.8].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.r.8
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2068
Biographical / Historical
Lumley Graham was born in 1828 in London, England. He joined the 43rd Light Infantry Regiment in 1847 (Ensign 1847, Lieutenant 1851) and served with them during the the Eighth Xhosa War (formerly known as the Eighth Kaffir War).
Graham was promoted to Captain in 1854 and served with the 41st Regiment during the Crimean War (1854-1855). He attained the rank of Major (on half pay) in 1856 and served with the 19th Regiment (1858) and the 18th Regiment (1865). He was promoted to Colonel in the late 1860s.
On the 2 May 1875, Graham succeeded his brother as 4th Baronet and the following year he retired from the army. He died as the result of a carriage accident at Arlington Manor, near Newbury, in October 1890.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 793 in Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, compiled by Louis B. Frewer (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1968).
Bibliography
- A transcription of the journals held by both the Bodleian Libraries and the University of Witwatersrand can be found in the: Journal of Lt. Lumley Graham 43rd Light Infantry Regiment, 1852-1853, edited by Neville Mapham (1986).
Subject
- Title
- Journal of Lumley Graham (1853)
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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