GRANT, Margaret ¹

   Another name for Margaret was GRANT, Peggy.

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Margaret married Sir Alexander GRANT West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 3rd Baronet of Dalvey, son of Sir Patrick GRANT of Inverlaidnan, 2nd Baronet of Dalvey and Lydia MACINTOSH.^{1 2} (Sir Alexander GRANT West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 3rd Baronet of Dalvey was baptised on 6 July 1705 in Cromdale and Inverallan parish, Moray, Scotland ³ and died on 1 August 1772 in London, England ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Family and Education
1st s. of Sir Patrick Grant, 4th Bt., by Lydia, da. of William Mackintosh of Borlum. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Coote of Jamaica, s.p.; (2) 1764, Margaret, da. of Alexander Grant of Auchterblair, s.p. suc. fa. 10 Apr. 1755."

Note: This site notes Alexander Grant's wives in reverse order from that of the source below.

from History of Parliament

"SIR ALEXANDER GRANT of Dalvey, third Baronet,
Who was a merchant in London. In 1749 he purchased several lands from the Laird of Grant, and also the estate of Grangehill, near Forres, in the parish of Dyke and Moy, of which he obtained a Crown charter, 26th July 1749, and named them Dalvey. He obtained, on 24th February 1755, a charter of sale of the lands of Newton Park, etc., in Nairnshire. He obtained a royal warrant for supporters for his armorial bearings on 8th July 1761, and registered the amis and supporters on 15th April 1762. He died at London on 1st August 1772, and was survived by his widow, Cooke, who died, also at London, on 29th July 1792, in her 75th year. He left no issue, and was succeeded by his brother."

from Chiefs of Grant
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