Lt. Colonel

1 March 1890 to 1892
CB; CMG; CVO (1855-1941)

Malcolm David Graham CB; CMG; CVO (1865–1941) was born on 14 July 1865 in Grahamstown, Cape Province, and educated at Haileybury College before proceeding to Sandhurst. Commissioned into the British Army in 1885, he joined the Northamptonshire Regiment and soon found himself drawn into the expanding world of southern African frontier administration. His association with the British South Africa Company Police, though brief, was formative. He first appears during the tensions with the Portuguese at Mutasa’s kraal, and was subsequently appointed Adjutant of the Company Police in Fort Salisbury. When the original quasi‑military police force was disbanded in December 1891, Graham assumed command of the newly constituted and much reduced civilian body as Inspector‑General of Police, effectively becoming one of the earliest professional heads of policing in the territory.
Returning to imperial service, Graham continued a distinguished military and administrative career. He later served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment, rose to senior staff appointments, and became Secretary at the War Office. During the First World War he saw active service and was appointed Aide‑de‑Camp to the King, reflecting his standing within the upper tiers of the British military establishment. His honours included the CB (1915), CMG (1918), and CVO (1919). He died in Durban on 16 November 1941.