The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

3?8 Silt LLDuViCK HK.VN r UF GKAN r, I'.A KONE i'. [1717-
liiniod Ills ivfiisal, even afUT liis fatlier li;nl .settled u]ion liiin the (Iiaiit
estates. J lis reasons for retainin!:,^ the. barony of ]iUss wci'e, tliat he liail
not as yet succeeded to the estate of Crant, and coidd not chj so in liis
i'atlier's lifetune ; that in the event of his succeeiHiii^- to the estate of Ci rant
1>V survi\"inf lii Catlu r, he nn"ht have a second son ol' :us own i^idv, who
should be entiiied to succeed to tlie estate of Luss in preference to his
brothei', James, his own daughter, Anne, or any lieir of entaii : and
lie was entitled to liold Ijiss in expectation of such second son.'
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In lioldiny this opinion, Ludovick Grant acted in accordance with tiie
views of Sir Hew Dalrymple, the flither of his iirst wife, and those of Lord
Lovat, as expressed in Lovat's letter on the subject already referred to,"
which clearly shows the influences brouii;ht to bear ujion him. But not-
withstanding Lord Lovat's advice, backed by I'resideiit Dalrymple's opinion,
when the question of succession came to be tried in the Court of Session,
decree was given against LTidovick, and he was therefore obliged to demide
himself of the barony of Luss in favour of his younger broilicr, James,
which he did by a disposition dated 25th and 30th January and Dth
Febmaiy 17-"1S." Li that disposition he is designed Ludovick Crant,
younger of Grant.
Ludovick Grarit now withdrew from the jiractice of the profession of
law, and applied himself chiefly to the management of the Grant estates,
with which his fatlier wdiolly intrusted him. He became a Member of
Parliament for the county of Moray, in the year 1741, and by re-elections
he continued to re})resent that county till the year 17G1, when his snu
Sir James was elected in his stead.
During the liebellion of 1745, Mr. Grant patriotically exerted himself
in su|iport of the House of Hanover in opposition to Prince Charles Edwaril,
wdio acted as Prince Regent for his tiithcr Prince James, connnonly called
the "Old Pretender." Mr. Grant was ready zealously to aid King George
the Second and his Go%ernment with the whole of his clan, who wei-e
brave, loyal, united under their chief and among themselves, and attached
' The Chiefs of Culquhdun, by William Fr.isrr, vol. i, p. "4.^.
- Siijira, \i. ."flG : vol. ii. of this work, p. 'J07.
^ The Chiefs of Colqiihouii, by William Fiaser. vol. i. p. 347.