Graham (given name) settlements of smaller size than villages. In the 12th century the surname was taken from England to Scotland by Sir William de Graham, who founded Clan Graham. Variant spellings of the forename are "Grahame" and "Graeme". The forename "Graham" is considered to be an English and Scottish given name. Its origin as a surname has led to its occasional use as a female given name, as for example in the case of Graham Cockburn, a daughter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn. Graham (given name) Graham () is a masculine given name in the English language. According to some sources, it
Hugh Greene director of the Greene King Brewery, established by his great-grandfather, Benjamin Greene, in 1799. He also once bested his famous brother Graham in a writing contest to parody the novelist's writing style in the "New Statesman". Greene was knighted in 1964. He was married four times: to Helga Guinness, Elaine Shaplen, Tatjana Sais and Sarah Grahame. He had two sons by each of the first two marriages. He died in Westminster, London, of cancer, aged 76. In 2008 Greene was played by Hugh Bonneville in the BBC drama "". This focused on Greene's conflict with Whitehouse (played by Julie Walters)