Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham , 1852-1936, British politician and author. He lived as a cattle rancher in Argentina and traveled widely in Latin America, Morocco, and Spain. He served (1886-90) as a Liberal member of Parliament from Scotland, took part in early labor politics, and, with James Keir Hardie, founded (1888) the Scottish Labour party. Later he was first president (1928) of the Scottish Nationalist party. His writings include collections of sketches and tales, such as The Ipané (1899) and Rodeo (1936), and historical studies of Spanish conquistadors.

Cunninghame Graham, Robert Bontine (1852–1936). During a flamboyant and varied career he was a rancher in Argentina, an outspoken MP, and a traveller in remote parts of the world, particularly in Spanish America where he gained an intimate knowledge of gaucho life and of the older civilization surviving from the period of Spanish rule. His many stories, books, and articles include remarkable and exotic tales of travel. Mogreb-el-Acksa (1898) recounts his attempt to reach the forbidden city of Tarudant in Morocco. Other titles include Thirteen Stories (1900), Success (1902), Scottish Stories (1914), and The Horses of the Conquest (1930); he also wrote several volumes of Latin-American history.