The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

1810.] JUS DEATH :
fux]:i;al or .m(itiiki; and .s(.)N. 485
Unhuppil}-, the career of this exeellcnt aiul amiabli; youtl), as lie \v:is
deemed Ijy hi.s contemporaries, was destined to an untimely end. The
particulars of the death of himself and his mother are t.;-athered from the
journals of tlie (lav. His mother, Mrs. Gi'ant, died in !.: iidon "U 'jyth
Fe''vnary 18 tO. ller remains wt le brouidit from London l.)y ihf 'North
Si:.. " steamer to ISurghead, and from thence to Castle C.'rant, th > family
seat most adjaceni. to the buryini,-place of the family at Duthih For the
purpose of attendino- the funeral of his mother, Mr. Grant, who was sufferiuLT
from slight indisposition, luu'ricd down fmm London in company ^vith his
next bruther, ^Ir. John Charles Grant. They arrived at Cullen Ileusf on the
10th ]\[arch. Xo appi'eliensiou was entertained by ]\L\ Grant's friends un
account of his illness, which was attributed to the effect produced on his
mind by his mother's death, and to the fatigues of a rapid journey. He
retired to bed at the usual hour, only complaining of a headache, wliic h it
was hoped sleep would remove. But when his servant entei'ed the apart-
ment in the morning he was horror-struck to iind tliat his master was
dead. It is supp(ised that the iiumciliate cause of death -was obstruction
about the heart. The news of the melancholy event excited the deepest
feeling of awe and symi)athy among all ranks, though at first the repf^rt
was received with incredulity, the shock was so sudden and lurluoked foi-.
Such a stroke, had it occurred in the family of the meanest peasant, wotdd
have called forth the general .sympathy of the neighbotu'hood ; how
much
more when it visited a house connected by ties of respect and affectionate
regard with so large a portion of the North of Scotland. ]\L'. Grant was
only in the twenty-sixth year of his age wlien he died. His remains were
removed from Cullen House to Castle Grant preparatory to their interment
at Duthil. The new fomily mausoleum liad only l;)een completed by
Colonel Grant in the preceding year. It was a trying occa.sion for a feelini,'-
husband and parent, and a spectacle of woe rarely witnessed, that he
.should perform the last earthly duties to his wife and his eldest son at the
same time. The simultaneous funeral oi" mother and son has been fitly
described in the fallowing terms :
Tlie scene wa.s one wliich will be indelibly engraved on the memories of those wlio
witnessed it, and will form the subject of a tale, that will be told witli feelings of deep