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1.719.] ins Di'ATU : i:sii.MATi': of his ciiauacti:r. 309
Loitli, and that yostevuio-lit liis Ijody was transported to tlic chnrcli of
South Leitli, and is to 1)0 interroil to-niorrow, at sex o'cloark at ni^'lit, in
the Cliaj»pell luAall t' IToIvi'ood House. J waited of hini IVoni Ijiuidon,
wlic;i'-e we sett out. Saturday wa^ two weeks, and we ar.sed at Leith,
Suml.'i.y in tlic eveni'ig. His heahh was rither the better
i hen the worse
of !'•!.• jdurnie ; but ^londay inorpini;- he was seazed of oi.e of his ft)nner
fills witli great violence, and then his lethargie came on, in whicli he sh'pt
to (h;aili without anv jiain or sensation."^
A ih.icurnent drawn up for oric of his successors in the estate of Grant,
describes Brigadier Cirant as foUows :— "Alexander Grant, eldest son to
Ludovick [Grant], from all accounts mherited tlie maidy features of his
father's character, and united to these the cultivated understanding of a
polite gentleman. lie was an excellent classical scholar, and being in the
army, nuich abroad and at Court, he received a polish which was unknown
to his father. AVhile his profession allowed him to be ujion his own estate,
he hnproved the police of the country and manners of the people. He
knew how to Ideud severity and rigid discipline towards offenders, with
benevolence, hosiiitalitv, and humanitv in the o-eneral tenor of liis conduct."'^
After connnenting on (leneial Cirant's frieiulship with John Duke
of Argyll, and his loyalty to the Government, it is added that he fell into
a " languishing sickness, as is commonly said, from chagrin at the tui-
merited treatment lie had received," and died in the year 1719. The
"unmerited treatment" here spoken of appears, from tlie context, to
refer to futile applications to obtain from Government payment of tlie large
sums exjiended for the jiublic good by the fimily of Grant.
Brigadier General Grant of Grant was twice married. His first wife
was Elizabeth Stewart, dangliter of James Lord Doune, son and heir of
Alexander, sixth I'.ail of ^bjray, and his Countess Lady Katharine
Talmash. Their marriage-contract is dated 30th September and 29th
Deceml^er 1(J99, the marriage having been previously solemni.sed on ;k1
December 1G9S. As the lady's father was dead, the consenting parties
for her were her motlier and Lionel, Earl of Dysart, her uncle. Her
tocher was £5000 sterling, bequeathed to her as a legacv by the Duchess
' l>raft Lettt;r at Castle Graut. - Memorial for .Sir .lanus Grant of Grant, at Castle Grant,
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