Sir Robert Grant

(1780-1838)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Grant, Robert, 1779-1838 NRA: Grant Sir Robert (1779-1838) Knight MP Governor of Bombay DNB: Grant, Sir Robert (1780-1838), administrator in India LBT ID: RoGrant1838 VIAF ID: 1539924 LOC ID: n87896663	B/BAP: 1780-01-15 DIED: 1838-07-09
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He was MP for Elgin and Inverness (1818-26), a hymn-writer, and governor of Bombay (1834-38).
REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Grant: William Gifford to George Canning, 8 September 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 3 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 15 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter VII. Found 2: ¶ 79 ¶ 89 Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 28 Chap. XXI. Found 1: ¶ 39 Chap. XXV. Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. IX: 1830-31 Found 1: ¶ n2