Background
Janet Graham was born at Shaw, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, in 1723.
Janet Graham was born at Shaw, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, in 1723.
She is remembered for her only surviving published poem, The Wayward Wife, which was once popular and was reprinted a number of times in anthologies. The poem is a warning to a son about the demerits of matrimony. She died in Edinburgh in April 1805, aged 82.
She lived in Dumfries and later Edinburgh, where she became a favoured member of Edinburgh society.