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514 PEDTCItKE OF TllK CP.ANTS OF ACXDILLY, ix tiik Pakisii ok<br />

lUuiAKM AM) (\H'NT\- o].' 1 SaM'F,<br />

CAI>i;i'S UK Md.XV.MKsK.<br />

1. -WILLIAM CII'.ANI' i.r \ i;|i m.ik.<br />

Tliiid sou <strong>of</strong> ni!i!c:iii Oi^'iit, ^^'••..Jl.l cf li.illiiil.'i.i'i, l.y lii^ v. i I.- I |.-lrn I ;,.'.,l.'n. IL' i; ..u tin- iii.|nr-.l f.u- 11k- n-touv "I i;..lh it (Irani ,,l li.ilvi\ .<br />

on *Joth .lul\' I'ioL lie UMriii-.l Ji-aii, il.ui_'littM' ul' 'oliii liiaiil iif (laLlvM 11, aiir <strong>of</strong> ti-r <strong>of</strong> Leitli,<br />

111" ; ol bloiiiiu'loiiii.<br />

William Leslie <strong>of</strong> Mil* '!! <strong>of</strong> HalviTiv, C'liaiiilnrlain to :iiiii;{:) l-'aniuh:<br />

, <strong>of</strong><br />

and )r,:l issui; tlircc : iis and tliruu the Earl <strong>of</strong> Kiiol. U<br />

W.M.OMtrT GliANl', liKillie.l Al.\.<br />

dauri':!' :s.<br />

.iiidcr Hay <strong>of</strong> Cairnlie.<br />

TIL-THOMAf: GRANT or Acikiynaxii-. Hiihert Gr.ANT<br />

He was Si ived lieir to liis fatlur in the mill ol I\apiii. eto.. 'Jlsl ot Kylvemoiv,<br />

June 17JS. In 1710 he reeeiveil a (.'rowii ehaiter <strong>of</strong> resi'^na- who iiiaiiieil<br />

lion under the Great .Seal <strong>of</strong> the 1 amis <strong>of</strong> Aehoyuanie. ami in Af,nies, yoiin;_rer<br />

17:!0is mentioned as serving on the ini|iie-t lor the retour <strong>of</strong> dain^^hter <strong>of</strong><br />

Alexander <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Grant</strong>. In 1741 he was a]ijioiiitcd, hy a .lames Urqucomniissiou<br />

under the Great Seal, one <strong>of</strong> the eomniis>ioiiers hart id' Knockon<br />

tlie Highlands <strong>of</strong> Scotlainl. in place <strong>of</strong> Sir Ludoviek <strong>Grant</strong>, lei;.'h.<br />

resigned. In 17c)7 he disiioiied his estate <strong>of</strong> .-\ehoynanie,<br />

with all his peisrmrd e--.tate, in tavoiir <strong>of</strong> Colonel Alexander<br />

Giant his son. He married .lean .Sutherland, dau,^diter <strong>of</strong><br />

the Lairvl <strong>of</strong> Ivinminnity, auil had is->ue. He died -in "JTith<br />

Novemliei 17^"^, his wite ]>redeceasiiig liiui on ^d Muiehol'<br />

the same year. I<br />

|<br />

|<br />

I<br />

Francis<br />

Ghant, an<br />

advocate in<br />

Ldinhuijrli.<br />

I<br />

Jaxkt<br />

who<br />

1 I<br />

Ghant,<br />

man ied<br />

John !,. lie <strong>of</strong><br />

Ardiielie, and<br />

liad i^sne.<br />

A dauLihtcr,<br />

who married<br />

William Dunbar<br />

<strong>of</strong> Dykeside,<br />

and had<br />

issue.<br />

At(other

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