The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

370 liiaOxMHr.lt-UENKKAl, ALKXANDEll (illANT dK tlllAN'J'. [i7i;i.
of Laudci'clale, lief ^randiiiotlicr. The other tcniis nf the inarriage-coiitract
are related elsewlirre.' EHzahrth S(e\v;irt jiicdecrased the Ih-iij-adier, dyiiiL,^
un 2'_'d A})ril 1708, witlnnit sur\ i\ iiiLi; issue, ;ind was burit';' at JJuthil.'^
A }ear later, on 7tli Apiil ]7U'.t, the i'>i-i;_;'adier, thi :
Colonel
tiraiit,
contracted his seeuiid nl:lrria^;' with Anne Sinilh, da\i. ^erol'the lii^'ht
1 lonom'alile John .Sniiiii, som linie Speidcer of" the J h .se of CiunnKins,
then Cliancelloi- of the Exeh(,'i|'.i|-. Anne Smith was on;- of (^Jneen Anne's
maids of honour, having been appointed to that pust an "JCith dune 170(>, ;ls
appears from a eertifieate of her admission of that date." The eontract was
entered into at ih-st in a provisional form, owing to the ]'»-igadIer's absence
from home, and his inability to secure the emisent of his i'athei', but this
was afterwards rectified. The tocher obtained with this lady was the
same as that with his first wife, ,£aOOO.' As -already stated, Anne Smith
al.st) ])redeceased the IJrigadiei', dying in June 1717, and also without sui-
vivinir issue.
Brigadier-General Alexander Grant was succeeded in the (!rant
estates by his next eldest surviving brother, James, who.se history is
given in the following memoir.
' Vol. lii. of this \\(Mk, ].. IS.-i.
- I!cj;ister of I'faths of the Parisli of ]'..ili.-iijii,
ill oHice of llf^'ister-ULiiuial, Gciior:ii lit-^isttr
House, Eiliiilmrgb.
* Oii'.;ii}al CiTtiticate at Castle Giant. In the
(/^^^^^
drawiir^-iouMi of the L'asLK' aie t\\u beautiiu!
eahinels which were bt-ought there by Miss .Smith,
and also a large organ whieli is said to have been
L'lven to her liv l^hieen Anne .is a wedding-pi i\sent.
[luforniatn.n l>y the Earl of SL-ahehlJ
< Vol. iii, of tins uorli, ji. -i'.l2