Background
GRAVES, Robert Windham was born on July 6, 1858 in Parknasilla, Company Kerry. 5th son of late Right Reverend Charles Graves, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Civil Law, etc., Bishop of Limerick, and Selina, daughter of Surgeon - General Cheyne.
Education
Marlborough. Student Interpreter, Constantinople, 1879.
Career
Consular Assistant, 1881. Acting Consul at Jerusalem, 1882. Acting Consul-General at Philippopolis, 1883. Acting Agent and Consul-General for Bulgaria, 1885. Vice - Consul at Alexandria, 1886. At Sofia, 1887; at Philippopolis, 1889. Her Majesty’s Consul for Kurdistan, 1891 - 99. Consul-General for Crete, 1899-1903. ConsulGen. at Salonica, 1903-1907. British Adviser on Macedonian Financial Commission, 1907-1909. Adviser to Ottoman Ministry of Finance, Constantinople, since 1909.
Membership
Clubs: St. James’, Albemarle.
Connections
Spouse 1895, Bessie Catherine (d. 1902), o.daughter of late J. R. Thomson, Erenkeuy, Constantinople.
Father:
Right Reverend Charles Graves
Mother:
Selina
Spouse:
Bessie Catherine