Clementina Stirling Graham, of Duntrune, was a Scottish hostess and author, known for her Mystifications.
Background
Clementina was born in May 1782, was the elder daughter of Patrick Stirling of Pittendriech, by his wife Amelia Graham of Duntrune, Forfarshire. Her mother succeeded to the small estate of Duntrune, near Dundee, on the death of her brother Alexander in 1802, and her husband and herself then assumed the surname of Graham.
Career
Mistress Graham was one of four daughters of Alexander Graham of Duntrune (d 1782), whose ancestors William and James, both active Jacobites, in 1715 and 1745 respectively assumed the title of Viscount Dundee, as the nearest representatives of their kinsman John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee. She died 23 August 1877. Archive Services at the University of Dundee hold a collection of papers relating to Clementina Stirling Graham.
Membership
Her own opinions were with the Whigs, a member of the social circle of Edinburgh Whigs, of whom Francis Jeffrey and Lord Cockburn were leaders.