Robert Cunninghame-graham of Gartmore

Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (born Robert Graham; 1735 – 11 December 1797) was a British poet and politician. He is now remembered for a poem If doughty deeds my lady please, which was later set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and also by his great-great-grandson, Rev. Malise Cunninghame Graham.

Robert, the second son of Nicol Graham of Gartmore and Lady Margaret Cunninghame, was born at Gartmore, Perthshire, and educated, along with his elder brother William, at the University of Glasgow (matriculating under Professor Andrew Rosse).

In 1752, Graham left Britain for the Colony of Jamaica and spent the next 17 years there, becoming a planter, slave-owner, and merchant who profited from his involvement in sugar plantations in the Caribbean. By 1753, at just 18 years of age, he had become receiver-general of taxes.