Sir John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus,

(1774-1848)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Grant, John Peter, 1774-1848 NRA: Grant Sir John Peter (1774-1848) Knight Mp Chief Justice of Calcutta DNB: Grant, Sir John Peter, of Rothiemurchus (1774-1848), politician and judge LBT ID: JoGrant1848 VIAF ID: 4025225 LOC ID: n88138943	B/BAP: 1774-09-21 DIED: 1848-05-17
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MP for Great Grimsby (1812-18) and Tavistock (1819-26); as a politician he was patronized by the Duke of Bedford until when pressed by his creditors he emigrated to India where he pursued a legal career.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus,: Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 26 September 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sydney Smith to Lord Holland, 5 October 1839 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1839 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter XI. 1825-1827.