British Georgics

James Grahame was born on 22nd April 1765 at Whitehill House in Glasgow, the son of a lawyer. After finishing his education at Glasgow University he moved, in 1784, to Edinburgh. Here he worked as a legal clerk before being called to the Scottish bar in 1795. The career he really wanted was to join the clergy, a feat he only managed when he took Anglican orders at the age of 44 and became the curate first at Shipton, Gloucestershire, and then at Sedgefield, Durham. Grahame was also a very fine p