Robert Grant (MP)

Portrait of Robert Grant, by William Beechey, 1823
Sir Robert Grant.

Sir Robert Grant GCH (1779 – 9 July 1838) was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and politician. He was born in Bengal, India in 1779. His family relocated to England in 1790.

He studied law at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and in 1807 passed the bar. He became a Commissioner in Bankruptcy. Between 1818 and 1832, he was an elected member of Parliament for several different Burghs.[1]

On 11, August 1829, in Inverness-shire Grant married Margaret Davidson, daughter of Sir David Davidson.[2] They had four children, two daughters and two sons. Grant died in Dapodi, near Poona, India in 1838.

  1. ^ https://www.bartleby.com/294/23.html Critical and Biographical Essay by Alfred H. Miles Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838)
  2. ^ Margaret Davidson marriage to Mr Robert Grant MP. (Pub. 18 August 1829) Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser. Retrieved from The British Newspaper Archive (Here;) Accessed 16 Mar 2022