Malcolm Graham (priest)
The Ven. John Malcolm Alexander Graham (1 May 1851 – 2 December 1931) was Archdeacon of Stoke from 1908 until his death on 2 December 1931.[1]
Graham was born in Margate, the son of Prebendary John Graham of Downpatrick, Ireland, who was Rector of the Church of St Chad, Lichfield, for 40 years.[2][3] He was educated at Rossall School and Brasenose College, Oxford;[4] and ordained in 1879.[5] After a curacy at Newcastle-under-Lyme he held incumbencies at Burslem, Shrewton and Trentham.[6]
He married Florence Louise Coghill. They had three sons, Major John Malcolm Graham, Rev. Eric Graham and Kenneth Graham. Their daughter, Ruth, died in 1914, ad his wife died in 1917.[2]
Graham was struck by a car when he was walking home to the vicarage in Trentham the evening of 2 December 1931. Graham, whose vision had been declining, was trying to find his gate with an electric torch. He sustained a fractured skull and leg and died later that evening at Longton Cottage Hospital.[2] The death was ruled an accident.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Death Of Archdeacon Of Stoke-On-Trent." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 03, 1931; pg. 14; Issue 45996
- ^ a b c "Sad Death of Archdeacon Graham – Fatal Injuries in Trentham Motor Accident". Staffordshire Sentinel. 3 December 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ 1871 England Census
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 (1888). Foster,J (Ed) Vol II p548 Oxford, Parker & Co.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (1908). p575 London: Herbert Cox
- ^ "GRAHAM, Ven. John Malcolm Alexander." Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014.
- ^ "Death of Archdeacon Malcolm Graham". Gloucester Citizen. 5 December 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 November 2023.