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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1859–1951)}}<br />
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|death_date= 29 January 1951<br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KCMG}} (1859 − 29 January 1951) was a [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Graham was commissioned into the [[Cheshire Regiment]] in 1878 and saw action as Assistant Adjutant-General in [[South Africa]] during the [[Second Boer War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27306|page=2697|date=19 April 1901}}</ref><ref name=walford>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuHIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA558|page=558|title=The county families of the United Kingdom; or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland|first= Edward |last=Walford|date=January 1860}}</ref> He became commander of the [[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Infantry Brigade]] in December 1908 and General Officer Commanding [[48th (South Midland) Division|South Midland Division]] in July 1914 before being replaced in August 1914.<ref name=commands>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.<ref name=walford/><br />
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He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1914 to 1928.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm |title=The Cheshire Regiment |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=11 July 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231053245/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm |archive-date=31 December 2006 }}</ref><br />
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