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CodeDS/UK/1989
NameGraham; Robert Bontine Cunninghame (1852-1936); Scottish politician, writer, journalist, adventurer
Dates1852-1936
GenderMale
BiographyRobert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (London, 24 May 1852 – Buenos Aires, 20 March 1936) was a Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first-ever socialist member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; a founder, and the first president, of the Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893); a founder of the National Party of Scotland in 1928; and the first president of the Scottish National Party in 1934.

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