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to spend at Konsinyton.' In 1754, lie reacliod the sixtli fnnu under tlic
care of Dr. ]MarkIi:nii, iv-ardiut;- wliicli the Ear! of P'lndlater and Seafield
wrote to Sir Ludtiviuk on Sth June:— "Your sdu is in as good a way as
yon can desire, li'-th as to liealih and .'.trerigth, profit' <
i.i^d mxwi.K'- in i'lvonr -with ]'.. IMai-k'iani, and with :
• in his learning,
i \vlio ';now him.
iSlnce he got into the sixth i'rni his diligence rather nicrea'.:;'S, and, I
believe, in another year, he wil; he as well atlvanceil in the Greek and
Latin languages as any young gentleman of his standing, at the same time
that lie is improving in some other branches of knowledge likeways, and
I do not ol)serve him filling into any sort of bad practices." "
From Westminster the young Laird went to CJambi-idge, and while
there was under the innnediate tuition of L)r. Leilby Porteus, afterwards
Bishop of Chester.-' While at Westminster, ]\Ir. Grant had formed a
friendship with Thomas Robinson, afterwards second Baron Grantham.
They were also fellow-.students at Cambridge, and the friendship then con-
tracted continued durino; the remainder of their lives. Li obedience to his
father's wishes, James Grant left Cambridge in January 1758, in order to
complete Iris education by travelling on tlie Continent. 'J'his elicited a
letter from Dr. Porteus to Sir Ludovick Grant, in which he regrets Mr.
Grant's unexpected de|:)artm-e from the University. The writer commends
his pupil's sweetness of temper and goodness of heart. Eeferrbig to Mr.
Grant and liis friend. Dr. Porteus says :— " They are as inseparable in my
heart as in their friendship, and it is hard to say which deserves the most,
wlien both deserve so much. Mr. Grant leaves behind him an imblemished
character in the University, nor do I think thci-e ever was any one of his
rank and age more universally belov'd. . . . His
conduct here gives the
strongest assurance that he will acquit lumself A\ith ec|ual applause in every
other part of life. He v.-dl, I am convinc'd, be an honest, a sensible, and
•Original Letters at Castle Grant, dated in entreat Mrs. Grant of Grant will accept of my bcit
August 1749. After Mr. Lorinier retired from his blood-stone seal, as a small testimony of my sincere
ofiSce of tutor to Mr. Grant, he was allowed a life and great regard for her and her amiable husband,
annuity of £100 by Sir Ludovick Grant. Mr. formerly my pupd."— [Conimi.ssariot of Edinburgh
Lorimer died between Gth December 17G4, when he Testaments, vol. 121, 2Sth June 1708.]
made his will, and 15th March 1705, when it was - Original Letter at Castle Giant,
proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The ^ Letter from Dr. Torteus, 2bth February 1750,
will contains the following legacy; — "I humbly ibid.