Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 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 of the Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893); a founder of the National Party of Scotland; and the first president of the Scottish National Party in 1934.

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  • Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 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 of the Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893); a founder of the National Party of Scotland; and the first president of the Scottish National Party in 1934. Cunninghame Graham was the son of Major William Bontine of the Renfrew Militia and formerly a Cornet in the Scots Greys with whom he served in Ireland. His mother was Hon Anne Elizabeth Elphinstone-Fleeming, daughter of Admiral Charles Elphinstone-Fleeming of Cumbernauld and a Spanish noblewoman Doña Catalina Paulina Alessandro de Jiménez, (who, reputedly, along with her 2nd husband Admiral James Katon), heavily influenced Cunninghame Graham's upbringing. Thus the first language Cunninghame Graham learnt was his mother's maternal tongue, Spanish. He spent most of his childhood on the family estate of Finlaystone in Renfrewshire and Ardoch in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his younger brothers Charles and Malise. After being educated at Harrow public school in England, Robert finished his education in Brussels, Belgium before moving to Argentina to make his fortune cattle ranching. He became known as a great adventurer and gaucho there, and was affectionately known as Don Roberto. He also travelled in Morocco disguised as a Turkish sheik, prospected for gold in Spain, befriended Buffalo Bill in Texas, and taught fencing in Mexico City, having travelled there by wagon train from San Antonio de Bexar with his young bride sic "Gabrielle Chidiock de la Balmondiere" a supposed half French half Chilean poet.
  • Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, auch Roberto Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Spitzname Don Roberto, war ein schottisch-spanischer Aristokrat, sozialistischer Politiker und Abenteurer. Graham arbeitete eng mit Friedrich Engels zusammen und war einer der ersten sozialistischen Abgeordneten im britischen Unterhaus. Graham nahm an mehreren Revolutionen in Lateinamerika teil. Bei der Erstellung des Romans Nostromo beriet er seinen Freund Joseph Conrad. Seine abenteuerlichen Reisen hielt er in mehreren Romanen und Geschichten fest. Sein Roman Vanished Arcadia inspirierte nach Angaben des Verlags Long Riders' Guild Press den 1986 erschienenen Film Mission (Originaltitel The Mission).
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  • Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 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 of the Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893); a founder of the National Party of Scotland; and the first president of the Scottish National Party in 1934.
  • Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, auch Roberto Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Spitzname Don Roberto, war ein schottisch-spanischer Aristokrat, sozialistischer Politiker und Abenteurer. Graham arbeitete eng mit Friedrich Engels zusammen und war einer der ersten sozialistischen Abgeordneten im britischen Unterhaus. Graham nahm an mehreren Revolutionen in Lateinamerika teil. Bei der Erstellung des Romans Nostromo beriet er seinen Freund Joseph Conrad.
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