Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (April 1761 â 13 April 1824) was a British Tory politician.
James was born in April 1761. He was a son of the Rev. Robert Graham and wife Frances Graham (daughter of Sir Reginald Graham, 4th Baronet of Norton Conyers). Among his siblings was Margaret Graham (wife of Fergus Francis Holmes), Catherine Graham (wife of Thomas Garforth), and younger brother Fergus Graham. He had an elder brother, Charles, who predeceased their father leaving only a daughter, who married John Webb Wetson.
His paternal grandfather was the Very Rev. William Graham, fourth son of the Sir George Graham, 2nd Baronet of Esk. His uncle, Charles Graham, was the father of the Rev. Sir William Graham, 6th Baronet of Esk.
He was created Baronet of Netherby in the County of Cumberland in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 January 1783. He later represented Ripon in the House of Commons.
On 28 September 1781 Graham married Lady Catherine Stewart, the eldest of sixteen children of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway and the former Anne Dashwood. Among her siblings were George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, William Stewart, Susan Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Bishop Charles Stewart, Edward Stewart, James Stewart. Together, they were the parents of:
Sir James died on 1824. His widow died on 20 September 1836.