William Grahme

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William Grahme or William Graham (died 4 February 1713) was Dean of Carlisle from 1684 until 1704;^[1]^[2] and of Wells ^[3] from then until his death in 1713.

He was joint Clerk of the Closet from 1702 until his death.^[4]

References

↑ 'Deans of Carlisle', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses (2004), pp. 14-18. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35835 Date accessed: 15 June 2012
↑ Table of Contents - Volume 23, Correspondence the Family of Hatton being chiefly letters addressed to Christopher First Viscount Hatton A.D. 1601–1704. Volume II. – 1879
↑ National Archives
↑ "Index of {court] officers-G" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2017.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Musgrave	Dean of Carlisle 1686–1704	Succeeded by Francis Atterbury
Preceded by Ralph Bathurst	Dean of Wells 1704–1713	Succeeded by Matthew Brailsford

v t e Deans of Carlisle
Early modern	Lancelot Salkeld Thomas Smith John Wolley Christopher Perkins Francis White William Peterson Thomas Comber Guy Carleton Thomas Smith Thomas Musgrave William Grahme Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Thomas Gibson Thomas Tullie George Fleming Robert Bolton Charles Tarrant Thomas Wilson Thomas Percy Jeffery Ekins
Late modern	Isaac Milner Robert Hodgson John Cramer Samuel Hinds Archibald Campbell Tait Francis Close John Oakley William Henderson Charles Ridgeway William Barker Hastings Rashdall Henry Stuart Cecil Cooper Frederick Matheson Cyril Mayne Lionel du Toit John Churchill Henry Stapleton Graeme Knowles Mark Boyling Jonathan Brewster

v t e Deans of Wells
High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw
Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard de Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe
Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzwilliam John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Raleigh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour
Late modern	George Lukin Hon. Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke John Davies Toby Wright

v t e Clerks of the Closet
17th century	Richard Neile William Juxon Matthew Wren Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon John Earle John Dolben Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Thomas Sprat Sir Edward Petre John Tillotson Thomas Burnet John Montagu
18th century	William Graham Samuel Pratt Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Henry Egerton Joseph Butler John Gilbert John Thomas William Buller Richard Hurd
19th century	William Jackson George Pelham Robert Carr Edward Stanley John Graham Henry Philpott Randall Davidson
Since 1900	William Boyd Carpenter Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Cyril Garbett Percy Herbert Roger Wilson Gordon Fallows John Bickersteth John Waine Jonathan Bailey Christopher Hill James Newcome Richard Jackson

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