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GRANT, Patrick progenitor of Ballindalloch Grants, Tutor of 'Am Bard Ruadh
- Born: About 1441
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: Before 1491
User ID: Q238
General Notes:
"The reason for including a page about the Grants of Ballindalloch is principally because it has been a significant base for Grant power for a very long time and, despite this, has been rather ill-served by Grant histories; Sir William Fraser in particular engaged in considerable 'air-brushing'."
"The Lands of Ballindalloch came to the Grants when Sir Duncan Grant acquired a Crown Tack of the land - in other words he rented it from the king. Fraser tells us that this was the situation in 1457 - and this may represent the date of entry. "
"Like his father, John Grant, younger of Grant was married to a Muriel Macintosh (his own first cousin). He died in 1482, three years before his father. By this time Sir Duncan was really not fit enough to be the chief he needed to be and John's son (also John who would become the 'Bard Roy') was still a minor. So Patrick became not only the effective Clan Chief but also his nephew's 'tutor' (legal guardian with what we might today call 'power of attorney'). He rather liked it and nursed something of a grievance in that it could so easily have been he who was the heir to his father. Meanwhile The Bard Roy was sent to his maternal grandfather for his education and preparation for adult life.
So Patrick of Ballindalloch had been acting as chief, continuing in that vein after Sir Duncan's death and was reluctant to give it up when his nephew came of age - so much so that there was a stand-off and Macintosh had to appear in Strathspey meaning business to force Patrick to withdraw back to Ballindalloch.
The result of Fraser's desire to cover up this 'unfortunate incident' is that his pedigree for the family omits the first two generations. It is his grandson (not unnaturally also Patrick) who heads Fraser's pedigree. However Fraser cannot help himself for, quite properly, he reproduces a charter dated June 1491 (vol III page 39, Item 46) which refers to 'Jacobo Grant in Balnadalocht'.
What this tells us is that Patrick's son was called James, that he was at least 21 in 1491 and that his father had already died \endash it looks as if the failed coup crushed him."
from Grant Cadets
Patrick married.
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