GRANT, John in Elgin, employed by Excise ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"(Charles) Grant was taken in by his uncle John Grant of Elgin and received a rudimentary education."

from History of Parliament




"....the one who did most for them, and particularly for Charles and his elder sister Margaret or May, was their father's younger brother. John. He was himself badly off, having an appointment in the Excise at Elgin, affording him only £30 a year. [...] He was known in the family as 'the good uncle'."

from Life of Charles Grant ^{1 2}