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the best f;itlier, and tl:e bi'st Cluistiaii, of tlio district to wliicli lie was an
lionouv and a lilessini;'." '
Sir James and Lady Gi'aiit Lad a large family of seven sons and seven
daucliters. Of tliese several died yonnij'. The sons v,t;-o—
1. Lewis '
lexandrr,
l)iir;i '22d iMarcli ]7'i7, wlu; uceeei. 'd lijs fatli(>r
in til' Grant eslal',
.; in 181], and in tlie .-..me year succeeded
bis cousin, as lieir-g' .leral to the title and estates of the fuurlh
Earl of Seafield. ()f him a l.)rief memoir follows.
2. Alexander, "second son," the exact date of whose l)ir(h has not
been ascertained, but who died in infanc}- on i^lst ^larch 1772.
3. James Thomas, born in August 1770, was educated at llichmond,
near London; went to Lidia in 1702. He became a magistrate
at Furruckabad, and in 1801 was appointed Jlegistrar of the
Provincial Court at Benares." He died in Lidia, unmarried, on
28t]i July 1S04.
4. The Honoui-aUe Francis-William, born (Jth j\Lirch 1778. In 1840
he succeeded his eldest brother in the CJrant and Seatield estates.
and also as sLxth Earl of Seafield. A short memoir of hun
follows.
5. The Honoural)le Piobert Henry, occasional!}- descriljed as " fourth
son," born 5th August 1783. lie died, unniar)-ied, on 11th
February 1862.
G. Alexander-Hope, born in Augu.st 1784, died 22d August 1793.
7. Dundas-Charles, younge.st son, born 21st October 1787, died 21st
March 1788.
The danghto's were :
1. Lady^ Anne Margaret, born 17G4, died unmarried, at Girint Lodge,
Elgin, on 23d November 1827, and her remains were interred in
the fomily vault at Duthil church. Lady Anne figured promi-
nently in the raid of the Strathspey Highlanders, who marched
' .StijH art's Sketches of tliu Higblaiiili.'is, vol. ii. rulvained tlie brothers and sisters of Lewis Alex-
|i. .'ilO. aiuler, then Earl of Sealiehl, to the same rank
^ Vol. ii. ot this work, ii|i. .M7, j-l. which they would have attained had their father,
3 On 3d July 1622, King George the Koiiith Sir James Grant, lived to be Ear! of Sealiehl.