About Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet
Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet was a Scottish lawyer.
Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695) was a Scottish lawyer of the seventeenth century.
Appointed King's Advocate, he was created a baronet, "of Dalvey, Elgin", in the baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 August 1688, with remainder "to his heirs whatsoever". He died in 1695 and was succeeded in his title and estates by his younger brother Ludovic.
Lodge's Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage states that this family of Grant is "a branch of the ancient family of Grant, of Grant".
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Who was Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet?
Scottish lawyer
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Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet died in 1695.
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Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet was a lawyer.
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Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet was Scottish.
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