Robert Grahame of Whitehill
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Robert Grahame of Whitehill (1759–1851) was an 18th/19th century Scottish lawyer who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1833 to 1834.
He was born in Glasgow in 1759 the son of Thomas Grahame a lawyer (d.1791)[1] and trained as a lawyer.[2]
Around 1797 he purchased Whitehill House, from John Gordon[3] but previously the home of John Glassford (who built the mansion).[4]
In 1820 he was living at 52 Miller Street with his office next door at 51 Miller Street.[5]
He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1833 in Succession to James Ewing of Strathleven and was succeeded by William Mills in 1834.[6] By 1835 he was living on the Whitehill estate with his wife and children and with his parents. His father is listed as partner in the legal firm of Mitchell, Grahame & Mitchell and he presumed to be in the same company.[7]
He sold Whitehill House to the Glasgow merchant John Reid around 1845 and moved to England.[8]
He died on 28 December 1851 in Hatton Hall near Wellingborough.[9]
After Grahame's death, Whitehill House was later bought by Alexander Dennistoun, whose name now survives in the area where the house stood; Dennistoun. It is remembered in the streetname Whitehill Street.[10]