GRANT, Patrick Lord Elchies, Senator of the College of Justice ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

Patrick Grant was ...
"admitted an advocate in 1712. Having attained considerable eminence as a barrister, he was raised to the bench in 1732, and assumed the title of Lord Elchies. He was subsequently a Lord of Justiciary, and died at Inch House, near Edinburgh, in 1754. His collected Decisions of the Court of Session were published in 1813, and his Annotations on Lord Stair's Institutes in 1824. His Session papers and notes of his decisions are preserved in the Advocate's Library, all of which 'exhibit a wonderful degree of application and industry' (Senators of College of Justice.)

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions




"GRANT
PATRICK
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M
30/07/1754
685/1 940 164
Edinburgh"

from Deaths and Burials ^{3 5}

Patrick married Margarett DICKSON on 10 June 1713 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.¹ (Margarett DICKSON was baptised on 16 November 1693 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GRANT
PATRICK
MARGARET DICKSONE/FR1480 (FR1480)
10/06/1713
685/1 460 147
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages




"Patrick Grant of Easter Elchies, Lord Elchies, Only son and heir. He was a distinguished advocate, and became one of the Senators of the College of Justice in 1732. He was known on the Bench by the title of Lord Elchies. He was also appointed one of the Judges of the Court of Justiciary in 1736. In 1709 and 1714 he is styled younger of Elchies, and on 21st June 1718 was retoured heir-general to his father, John Grant of Easter Elchies. He married (contract dated 19th May and 6th June 1713) Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk, receiving from his father a settlement of the whole estate. On 16th June 1733 he disponed the estate (with the exception of Easter Elchies) in favour of himself in liferent, and his eldest son, John Grant, in fee, reserving power to alter ; and on the 22d of same month he obtained a charter of resignation under the Great Seal of the lands of Edinvillie. He died at the house of Inch, near Edinburgh, on 27th July 1754, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. Mrs. Grant died at Edinburgh on 8th December 1746. They left issue."

from Chiefs of Grant ^{1 4}