The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

328 LUKOVK'K CHANT, KKIIITH 01' nilM'cllIK AND (IF GKANl'. [10(33-
himself and liis s:iii, tlio viMin;^^ L-iiix], cliirllv. it -woulil apiK-ar, tlii-ouLrli the
stepmother, Jean llnustdun. The Vaw\ of Muiaa}', a near I'elative h}-
marriage of the voun"- T.;iii-(]. ench^ivoureil to make ix-ace between tlie
fot.lier and son,' and then- diirerenccs were composed Wy arbiiii.tion in
the followinp,' year.
By tliis anangenicnt, to \>hieh not only the Laird oid his eldest son,
hut also Jean Iloiistonn and 1;. r friends were parties, the Laird's :innnity of
,£'."00 sterlin"- was reduced to f200 sterliii"', with tlie iirovision tiiat on the
death of his second wife, it should revert to the oi'ii^inal sum. (j)uestious
about the lady's jointure lands, and the furnitm-e and plate in the family
mansions, were also disposed of." But the result does not appear to have
been altotrether satisfactory, as the Laird and tlie I'riijadier were involved
in litigation in the Coui't of Session in 1715, respecting the .same affairs.^
Five years after his settlement of the estates, the Laird died at Edin-
burgli in Novend_)er 1716. His remains were interred in the Abbey Church
of Holyroodhouse, on the lUth November of that year, in the north-Avest
corner of the church, four feet from the north wall. The Burial Register
of Holyrood says that he was laid in the same place where his father had
been buried on the 10th of October 1GG.3.''
Lndovick Grant was twice married. His tirst wife was Janet Brodie,
only child and heiress of Alexander P)rodie of Lethen. The marriage
contract is dated •21st December 1G71.^ and six days later the marriage
took place.* From the diary of the lady's kinsman, the Laird of Brodie,
it would ajipear that the Laird of Grant's friends opposed the marriage.'
This fact is commented on by the chronicler already quoted, who says tliat
the Clan opposed the match, deeming the lady, though a great fortune, to
be the Laird's inferior. I^ut he adds, " she proved so wise, good, and
' Letter fUated 10th June 1711, v.. I. ii. i.f this north-\VP.st corner of the church four foots from the
tt-ork, p. 93. north -H-all. The hi-ail of his coffin lyes below tlie
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pronorth-west
window, and the foot of his coffin four
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nounced 10th Julv 1,12, at f.astle (-rant.
foot from the wall uiion the west side of the nortli
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door, the foot of his coflin being exactly where the
3 Information for Brigadier-General .\lexander he.ad cif his father's was laid npcin the lOthofOelo-
Grant, dated 171.5, ''"'/. ^^^ 1003.
' The entry is as follows :— Buried I'.tth N'ovem- - Vol. iii. of tins work, \>. 400.
ber 1710. Ludovirk Grant of that Ilk was buried " Diaries of tlie Lairds of Hrodie, \k 32.S.
in tlie cliurch of llolyrooiiliouse, and lyes in the ' H'iil. \i. 310.