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William Graham-Harrison


Sir William Montagu Graham-Harrison KCB KC (4 February 1871 – 29 October 1949) was a British barrister and civil servant.

Graham-Harrison was educated at Wellington College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1897. In 1913, he was appointed solicitor to HM Customs and Excise, Second Parliamentary Counsel in 1917, and First Parliamentary Counsel in 1928, holding the post until his retirement in 1933. He took silk in 1930 and was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Durham in 1934, the Diocese of Truro in 1935, the Diocese of Gloucester in 1937, and the Diocese of Portsmouth in 1938. He retired from all except Gloucester in 1940; he remained at Gloucester until his death.

Graham-Harrison was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1926 Birthday Honours.

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