Malcolm Graham (priest)

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The Ven. John Malcolm Alexander Graham (1 May 1851 – 2 December 1931) was Archdeacon of Stoke from 1908 until his death on 2 December 1931."Death Of Archdeacon Of Stoke-On-Trent." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 03, 1931; pg. 14; Issue 45996

Graham was born in Margate, the son of Prebendary John Graham of Downpatrick, Ireland, who was Rector of the Church of St Chad, Lichfield, for 40 years.{{cite news |title=Sad Death of Archdeacon Graham – Fatal Injuries in Trentham Motor Accident |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19311203/151/0007 |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |date=3 December 1931 |page=7|url-access=subscription}}1871 England Census He was educated at Rossall School and Brasenose College, Oxford;Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 (1888). Foster,J (Ed) Vol II p548 Oxford, Parker & Co. and ordained in 1879.Crockford's Clerical Directory (1908). p575 London: Herbert Cox After a curacy at Newcastle-under-Lyme he held incumbencies at Burslem, Shrewton and Trentham."[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U210295 GRAHAM, Ven. John Malcolm Alexander]." Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014.

He married Florence Louise Coghill. They had three sons, Major John Malcolm Graham, Rev. Eric Graham and Kenneth Graham. Their daughter, Ruth, died in 1914, ad his wife died in 1917.

Graham was struck by a car when he was walking home to the vicarage in Trentham the evening of 2 December 1931. Graham, whose vision had been declining, was trying to find his gate with an electric torch. He sustained a fractured skull and leg and died later that evening at Longton Cottage Hospital. The death was ruled an accident.{{cite news |title=Death of Archdeacon Malcolm Graham |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19311205/039/0007 |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=Gloucester Citizen |date=5 December 1931 |page=7 |url-access=subscription}}