Cunninghame Graham, Robert Bontine, 1852-1936
Biography
Robert Bontine Cunningham Graham was born on May 24, 1852. He was a Scottish travel author and politician, liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire, first president of the Scottish Labour Party and, later, the Scottish National Party. He died on March 20, 1936.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Cunningham Graham papers
Robert Bontine Cunningham Graham (1852-1936), Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. The collection contains correspondence with various personal friends and literary associates containing discussions of Scottish politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as essays and speechesa and the handwritten manuscript and typescript of his biography of Francesco Solano Lopez.
Robert Cunninghame Graham letters
Letters to Walter (Klinefelter?) sending a photograph and letters to publishers, Heinamann & Co. instructs that copies of his works be sent to various recipients. Includes holograph ms. on verso of printed holiday greeting and illustration of “Don Roberto” .