Graham, George Smith-, born 1850s (banker)
Person
Dates
- Existence: born 1850s
Biography
George Smith-Graham was an Edinburgh-born banker who spent his life in South-Africa. He was the son of George Graham, a printer, and Mary Lyle, and he was the brother of William, also a banker and published author.
While William stayed in Scotland, George went to South Africa and worked in the Standard Bank of South Africa. He settled there, married and had a family, living in Queenstown and then moving South to the Cape, where they had a house called Sidcot in Irwinton Road at Sea Point, Cape Town. In their latter years George and his wife retired to country life at Avondale, a farm which he bought near Queenstown.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sketchbook albums of William Graham (1855-1922), 1880s-1899
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-347
Identifier: coll-1835/2
Scope and Contents
1. Sketchbook of William Graham containing sketches of Scottish and foreign landscapes, poems, photographs, humoristic illustrations, and illustrations of old bank notes. Also contains sketches by Charles Altamont Doyle (father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and George Smith-Graham (brother of William Graham). 1880s.2. 'Norway Sketch Book' by William Graham. Travel diary of William Graham when he visited Norway in 1889. Contatins some sketches, photographs, and newspaper...
Dates:
1880s-1899