The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

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IN 'I'lli; I'AKISII OF KXilCKAMio, STUATHsrEV.
cADi'.rs oi' 'I'lii': (;i;.\XTS oi' (;ij:nm()|;is-i'(')X.
*1('UN i:*^' rti! ANT of f*;in'^ii, ii;\liii;tl soii of .Tolm (^1:1 lit of filiiini'iristoii uinl Ciilf:il>'ick. Oil 7t)i M ly 1 .'ill In- nht liin- 1 frmii l';i1ri»k. !'.i>li-'|i
of M"i:iy, ;i iliarliT d K'u Liiiii ..i liir LimU ,.1 i .•iirnii, tlif uraul lu/mu' '" liis CiiIht in lili n-iil, :ni'l to liiiii-.i ll in IVc, sulli r.iiiniiiiliT t.i
llis tu iiatui.il liroiiit'is. aliii in 'U-taiilt ul" linrs inaU' to liim or tliclii, to Janii'S (_iralit of i'li'ii-liit- anil lii^ lu-irs .lohli (Irani wa-. ninof
tlio jury of iiiiiiu'^l lor tlu' ii'tmir of .loliii (Irani of I'lcni-liic in I j.'i:i. llr was an arliitir on iln. jiart of Ins lirotln-r. Wi-Mit 111. Ims,
in .1 (lisjmte I'f'.wcin liiin ami -lanu-s (Jraiit ol' l-'iaaioliii*, vcsju'ctini: tlic inari-ln-s of JxiinltiriU-, in l.'i'i-^ ; anil on lilli .Man-Ii l.'ios '.i Inolitaiiiiil,
alon'4 with Al'\ orior (ir.iiit Ins livotliiT, anl otlicrs ol' tlu' iianir of liraiit, a ri-i|'itv for liftr n v mn, for i^rin.' i-unc, rn.,| m
tlif siaii^rliliT of .lolin Crnil of llidlinilallorh on lltli Srpti-inlirr In.'i:!. I m Villi .ianiiaiy loT-; I. In- >ol.| llir hall of iIr. lan.|^ ni
Aiic-lilii'liiiy to ,lolin (ivai.l in InviHocliy ami his sun KniiiTt. in-rvions tn « imh In' aoi'i-ari to havr miM In- lanl- of Carroll, aii'l al^o
Kirinoiv, in l.'iiis. as tin' Hisliop of .Moray, on 'i'ltli Anril lo71, srantr I conlinnalioii
JJaxwL'll, ivlii-'t of John Kcul of rftraluu'li. He ilial on U>tli Fuiiruarv l.Wr S.
of a ch irti'r of sale of tlieso lamls to Klizalnlli
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lions Gil ANT of Can-on, only son ami lirir of Jolni Koy (^rraiit, nmle sfilc oxemitor in his fatlior's ti'staiininl. A il nu'lilcr, who iiiarricil .lanu-s
IK- fi-i-i|in-iitlA aiiiiears as a \silnrs> lUiriiu'liis fatlicT's lifftiniu. wlii-ii lu' is .lt->i.'iii'il •' ainiar. lit of Can-on ;" i-'yiliii-. lli- is nu nlioinil in
anil as snc-li hi\ on iMli .Vovi-inlu-r l.'js?. i-nli-ri-il into a lioml with .loliii (iiant ot fri'ui-liii-. as his kinsman tin- lislann lit of his fal la rin
anil i-liii-f, to )io~si'ss the lainls ol Cnii|iih.iirli, in Stialhavon, ami not ilisiiosi- of lln-ni witlionl his i-liii'f's law as a in.-ilitorto tin- uxtiiil
(-onsriit, anil also to si-rve liis i-liii-f faiilifully. lIi- is sail to liavu inarrifd a .sistur ul' Sir Tlioiiias Gonlon of i'2u0 of liis toL-liL-r-guiil.
of Ciuiiy. IK- ai'i'i-ars to have ilii-U In-foro o_',l .Viiynst 10n7.
Patiiick Giiant of Carron. who, on 2'2il TlU)MAf;Gl!ANT.tutorofC,ai-ron, Jamis Giiant, the famous Rlrathsiicy Roni'RT (IHANr. wim
Anpiist lijn7, olitaim-.l a i.rtT.-].t of ,-/.i,- nieiitioiicil as tirother-L'cnnaii freibirnier. eoiinnonly callci .laiiic is iiii-lmieil w ilh Ins
f-0(^^-^/^'ronl Ali-xanili-r. r.i-hoj.nt Mor ly, to P.itrii-k Gran' of Carron an Tuim. Ina-iecreet nblaim-il a'.,'ain't bi-"llier .lames, ami
.as heir tohis fath.-r, .Inlni Grant of Car-
ill a waJsct of 'i'tiuimlow hy hiiii by John Grant ot IJallimlalloeli. li'-phew- Gcoi--.:e. in
ton, ill tliL- lainls of Carroll, lit- was
twice suniiiionc-il in IGln, for niohstin.;
AU-xaiiiU-r Ii"Vcars to Iii\l- iirL'li-ctL'ii llu- snniinonsi's,
for he was ih-i-eriu-il a lel'el aini
John Grant of FrcU'-liie to
William Hay of Maync. 'Jlst
May lli] 7, in who-li he is saiil
til have been la-t occupier of
Tlioinilow-. Mc hail a tack
from Thonias liiiies, jensnii
on 4tl'i AiiL'iist lil:i2, he is ili-si-neJ
brother to the ihccase.l Palri'-k Grant
of Can-on. liallimlalloch coniphiin-l
that .lames Or.iiil aid other's were
harryilc his laii'ls, airl coninnt! nc
slaii-hler. He -.vas f.n some time the
thi-testili.atelnMr.
John Chalnieis.
miiiister of Invera\eii.
ill li'c;:i. lo
till- ,lili-_'cn.-e of the
l.aild of l-'renciile
imttotlK- horn, ami iiis eseln-at livsiowi-.l,
on *J4tli January I'Jll. ujion .Mexaiiih-r
of Rona, ot tiie 1 nuls of
Khynaiialliclic. On the iiinri|i-r
ol his iiepliew liv .lohn
Grant of lialliii.lallorh in
I'iiJS, he heciiiie tutor of
ten-orof Strathsjiey, tint, in-in-_' laki-n,
was coiive}-eii to l-Miiiburu'h, an-l iiiiin-isoiieil
111 the castle. II-.- escapdl
Ironi thence, ami lleJ to Tn-laml ; but
in a letter froni .lohn Hay to the L.-iifl
in searcliim; for
tlicni. He is said
to have ]iMSsessed
the .Nether Glen ol
IcUhes, and to havi-
('airon. beiii^'retoureil, oniiil
May ]'j31, nearer ai:iiate, or
kinsman on the father's siile,
to John (iraiit. law-|ul son to
the ilec'.-ase'l .Tolin Grant of
Can-on. He is nientioiieil, in
of Grant in lHoJ. iie is saiJ to have
returneil from Inlainl. He cmiiinitteil
several ih-|iri-ilatinns ami iiiurilei-s.
aiiil a new- suniiiions was issinJ
liecnthc'I-andlalh.l
ot the claimant to
the Can-on estates
on til-.- death ol
Colonel ,liihii Grant
a t Ca r t a l; e n a.
Kobeil Grant ol
Ijoril Eliihiiistoiii-. On Stii rieiitt-inlH-r
the same year, he -iLTiieil a lioml of
niaiirent to his chief, John Grant of
Freuohio, in return lor a lease of the
teimlsheave.s anil vii-araLie of hi.s own
lanJs of liiverclieliett ami Cnliinhoi,-h.
On St.h J.-innary lijn, he eiiteie'l into
a mutual contract w-ith PatricI; Gi-aiit
of lialliu'lallocli for fricn-l-hip lietwem
the laiiiilies, in which refeieiiee is inaile
to a previous contract ot similar import
111 twecn Patrick Grant of l-iallimlalio.h
ami the tleceaseil.Iohn (iraiit of L'ari-on.
ami the late John (irant, ln> >' n.
"miMschir anil tallier " to I'ainck
(Jraiit, ilateil 24tli M.arcli l.'iS.j. On l_'ih
An^'iist lillS, he receiveil a charter of
novoilamus of tlie lamls of Canon from
.Mevamlcr, Bi--hop of Moray, an-l ^vas,
ill Iti'-'o, a juror oii the impiot tor the
retour of Sir John Grant of Krcu'liii*.
Patrick Gr.aut appears to have lUed
liefoi-e 3il July Iij-J.5.
l'i37, as tutor to his -.^ramliiephcw
in the iiroeci-'linLrs
respectiiij,'tliclaiiil- of Wester
Elchies. He iil.taineil a ]iar-
doii on 2'.ith .March li;34. for
his share in the i-lau-.'hter of
Patrick, son of 'rhonias
Grant of (!'ardells, as it w-as
Wilhont pienieihtatioii or
qnari-cl, ami as he liail i:iveii
security for satisfying the
liarties injnieil by the
slangliler. He "was alive on
28th May IC JO.
for his capture on 14th .Vpril lO'Jii, in
whicll the fact of his escape from
Eilinbni^'li Castle, ami his suppmseil
CMllceallnenl ill the house of the 'rutor
ol t'ari-on, are stateil. .\ coiiiiiii-siun
w-as ^nanteil by Geoi-L'e Mai-'piis of
Hiintly. on inii November lii:i'.i. to
JamesGrant of Canoii. tor the ap]ireheiision
ot .John Due (iarre ami his
com)ili(-cs, anil lie altcrw-arils assisieJ
the Mai-i]iiis aL'ainst the Coveiiaiiti-rs.
James Grant hail an illc^iitiinate .son,
Geor^'C, w-ho eii-.:aL'eil in the desperate
nndcrtakin^'sof his lather, ami, beiii^
taken, was e.vecuted in Kdiuljiirgh in
June ItjoG.
to his father Patrick, in i.'arron, and on 2;itli .liilv lb-2(l was inl'eft in'the lands. He purchased, on 2>tli
June and 4tli July lil27. from .lolm Karl of U.ithes. the mains and mill of Potlies fur i'ln.lSO Scots,
and he and his heirs were c-oiistitiiteil constables and heritable keepers of tiic tower, fortalice, and
castle of llothes. He was slain ill August or September ItiiS by Joliu Grant of Ballind,allosh. He
married ,^Ia|-garet >5iiiclair, who survived him. I
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lliiu'ornie, on 2il
May lii2n, obtained
from .lanu-s (iraiit
ot Kreuehie a lease
iif the portion of
Wester Klchics.
tle-li liiiSsessed by
Jiilix GlUNT of Carron. As eldest .son .and apparent of Carron. he joined his father in another contract
entered into by the latter with Patrick Grant of llallinilalloch, on 2otli May ir,--:', respectiiiL' their
niarclies. He obtained, on lid .lulv llVi.a, from the Pishop cf Moray, a iirecept of rliire cnnslnl as heir
RonKRT C.iiant of I!in.^'ornle,
who. on lltli .lannary 1Mrecei\ed
from Lieut. -Col.
Patrick Giant, as tutor fur
I'atiicI; Grant of Wester
Klchics, a lease for liie
years of Wester Elchies,
ihcii held by him.
.liiilN- Ghant of Carron. who was a minor at the death of his father, and was All XANDKlt KimKnT Ou.vNT of P.in^oriiie, .Grandson of Hobert
placed under the tutorvoflns -j-randuncie Tli-inias. He was rctmired heir- (ii'..\Nr. \\ I
general to his father on 'mh .March f'):i-2. On 4th December M:'.7. he olitained is nu ntioncd
from John. Hisliop of Moray, a charter of the lamls of \V. stir Klchics, which as brotlier of
iiad been adjud-.'ed to him by the Lords ol Conm il on l^tli February of the .lohn Grant
.same ye.ar. but he afterwards ilispiimd tlu-iii lo the Laird of Freiicliie. He ol Carron,
married MarL'aret Fanpiharson. daicliter of Fari|nharson of Wardes, i; t li .May
iiiid willow- of William .Macpherson uf Invcieshic. He died in January lliS'.i. I'j-itj.
(Ii-ant of Nether Gh-ii ot Kotlics. the brother ol
Patrick Grant of Carron. He is mentioned as a
witm.-ss to iliicnnu-iits m 171ii ami 1711. H'was
alive at the date of the ih-alli of Coh-nel
John Grant of Carron at Carta-'i-na. and
claimed tlicestate as his lieir-mah-, but die 1 m
Jaiiuai yl74-'i,beforche could make out histitle.