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virtuous n ^YOln;ln, as gained lior in a veiy sliort time tlic esteem avid
respect of friends and strangers."' Janet l>rodie, Lady of (iraut, died in
1097,' and the Laird, some years later, married again. His second wife
was .lean, dauo'hter of Sir John lloustoun, and relict ol' Sir l!!. iiard l^ockliart
of I ,ce. The contract of marri:i'4e betv^'en the Laird a:, i this Lady is
dat^'d 1st ]\[nre]i 1701;' and hv her the, l^aird had no i
ali\
-sue. She was
;_• in ] 727, and in that year ei :ered into an agreement with her stepson.
Sir James Grant of Cirant, bv which she consented to miuiity the allowance
of four thousand merks to wliich she was entitled in terms of her contract
of marriao-e, to three thousand merks.
By his first wife Ludovick Grant had issue, iive sons and four
daughters. The sons were—
1. John, who died young, and unmarried, on 11th April 1GS2.'
2. Alexander, avIio liecame a Brigadier-General in the army, and
succeeded his father. Of him a Memoir follows.
3. James, who succeeded his brother Alexander as Laird of Grant,
and became Sir James Grant of Grant, Baronet. A Memoir of
him follows.
4. George, described in 1704 as third son of Ludovick Grant, his eldest
brother John having ])redeceased. He became ]\L\jor George
Grant of Cidbin. and was for a time Governor of Fort-George.
In 1733 he acquired the lands of Gull)in and others from his
ne}>hew, Mr. Ludovick Colquhoun of Luss, afterwards Sir
Ludovick Grant of Grant, to whom, after the death of the Major
in December 1755, unmarried, they reverted.
5. Lewis, who became a Colonel in the army. Li a petition to the
King for preferment to the post of Lieutenant-Colonel, he states
he had had the honour to serve the Crown twenty-nine years,
particularly in Scotland during the rebellion of 1715. He states
that during that time he had been twenty-six years Captain in
the army and tiiirteen years ]\Lijor in the regiment of foot
' MS. " AnecJotes," at Castle Grant. * Extract Contract between .Jamea Grant of Grant
- Shaw's Moray, p. 37. and Mrs. Jean lloustoun, datcil Nth March and
' Memorandum of Contents of Contract at Castle ICth .June IG'27, at Castle Grant.
Grant. ^ Diaries of the Lairds of Brodie, p. 4G7.
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