Sir James Grant, eighth baronet

(1738-1811)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Grant, James, Sir, 1738-1811 NRA: Grant Sir James (1738-1811) 8th Baronet MP DNB: Grant, Sir James, of Grant, eighth baronet (1738-1811), agricultural improver and politician LBT ID: JaGrant1811 VIAF ID: 7248637 LOC ID: nr91033876	B/BAP: 1738-05-19 DIED: 1811-02-18
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Scottish agricultural improver; he was MP for Elgin and Forres (1861-68) and Banff (1790-95), and lord-lieutenant of Inverness-shire (1794-1809).
REFERENCES TO Sir James Grant, eighth baronet: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII 1811-12 Found 1: ¶ n2