William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith (c1500-c1543)

William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith (circa 1500 – circa 1543) was the third Earl of Menteith.

Biography
He was the son of Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Buchanan. He was the great grandson of Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith. In 1521 he married Margaret Moubray, daughter of John Moubray of Barnbougle (she had previously been married to John Cornwall before his death in 1513), and they had five sons and two daughters:
 * Lady Margaret Graham who married Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll
 * John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith

On 20 May 1527 as Master of Menteith, he ran away fom the King's army at Solway, but was pardoned despite it being considered an act of treason. He became the third Earl, receiving sasine of the Earldom on 16 May 1537. After the death of King James V in 1542, Menteith was an opponent of the English interest in Scotland and on 24 July 1543 he signed a bond made by Cardinal Beaton to stop King Henry VIII of England from getting possession of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Menteith was killed in a clan fight some time in Autumn 1543 but certainly by 23 January 1544; some sources state that he was killed in October 1543 by Tutor of Appin (a member of the Stewart family), after the Stewarts and their army ate a wedding feast to which the Earl had been invited.