GRANT, Alexander West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 3rd Baronet of Dalvey, Sir 1 3
- Baptised: 6 July 1705, Cromdale and Inverallan parish, Moray, Scotland 3
- Marriage (1): GRANT, Margaret 1 2
- Marriage (2): COOKE, Elizabeth of Jamaica 1 2
- Died: 1 August 1772, London, England 1 2
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General Notes:
"GRANT
ALEXANDER
PETER GRANT LYDIA MC INTOSH
M
06/07/1705
128/B 10 17
Cromdale and Inverallan"
from Births and Baptisms
"By the early 1740s he was a leading West India merchant in Billiter Lane, and proceeded to restore his family influence in Scotland, purchasing extensive estates in the shires of Elgin and Nairn, as well as property in the Inverness district of burghs, which he unsuccessfully contested in 1754."
from History of Parliament 1 3
Alexander married Margaret GRANT, daughter of Alexander GRANT of Auchterblair and Unknown.1 2 (Margaret GRANT was born about 1725.)
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
1 2
Alexander next married Elizabeth COOKE of Jamaica.1 2 (Elizabeth COOKE of Jamaica was born about 1720 and died on 29 July 1792 in London, England 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 1 2
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