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GRAHAM, Thomas II (1752-1819), of Kinross House, Kinross.
Family and Education
b. 5 Oct. 1752, 4th s. of John Graham, merchant in Edinburgh, of Kernock by 2nd w. Helen, da. of William Mayne of Powislogie, Clackmannan, sis. of Sir William Mayne, cr. Baron Newhaven [I]; half-bro. of George Graham. m. 22 Dec. 1783, at Calcutta, Anne, da. of Henry Paul, 1s. d.v.p. 2 da.
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Writer, E.I. Co. (Bengal) 1768; factor 1774, sen. merchant 1780; resident at Benares 1777 – 80; partner in bank of Graham, Mowbray and Skirrow of Calcutta; member of supreme council 1793, 1801; sen. member, board of revenue 1793-c.1809.
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Main residence: Kinross House, Kinross.
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Commons 1790-1820
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GRAHAM, Thomas II (1752-1819)
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GRANT, Alexander Cray (1782-1854), of Malshanger House, nr. Basingstoke, Hants.
Family and Education
b. 30 Nov. 1782, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Grant, 7th Bt., of Dalvey, Elgin and Malshanger House by Sarah, da. and h. of Jeremiah Cray of Ibsley, Hants. educ. L. Inn 1799; St. John’s, Camb. 1801. unm. suc. fa. as 8th Bt. 26 July 1825.
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Member of assembly, Jamaica 1810 – 11; agent, Antigua 1819 – 20, St. Christopher 1820 – 23, Nevis 1823–6.
Chairman of ways and means 1826 – 32; commr. Board of Control 1834 – 35; commr, public accts. 1843 – d.
Lt. Mdx. vols. 1803; recorder, East Retford 1827.
Main residence: Malshanger House, nr. Basingstoke, Hants.
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Commons 1790-1820
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GRANT, Alexander Cray (1782-1854)
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GRANT, Charles I (1746-1823), of Battersea Rise, Clapham, Surr.; 40 Russell Square, Mdx.; and Waternish, Skye, Inverness.
Family and Education
b. Mar. 1746, 1st s. of Alexander Grant (‘The Swordsman’) by Margaret, da. of Donald Macbean of Aldourie, Inverness. educ. Milton charity sch.; Fortrose acad.;W. Mackay, Urquhart and Glenmoriston (1914), 406; Bristol Univ. Lib. Pinney mss, Watson to Baillie, 7 Feb. 1810. Elgin 1753-8. m. 23 Feb. 1773, Jane, da. of Thomas Fraser of Balnain, 3s. 4da.
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Writer, E.I. Co. (Bengal) 1773; sec. to board of trade 1774 – 80; factor and commercial resident, Maldah 1780 – 87; jun. merchant 1782, sen. merchant 1784; member, board of trade 1787 90; home 1790.
Dir. Sierra Leone Co. 1791; dir. E.I. Co. 1794 – d., dep.-chairman 1804 – 05, 1807 – 09, chairman 1805 – 06, 1809 – 10, 1815 – 16, dir. Hand in Hand Fire Office 1805; commr. Exchequer loan 1805.
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Main residences: Battersea Rise, Clapham, Surr. and 40 Russell Square, Mdx. and Waternish, Skye, Inverness.
Notes
See H. Morris, Charles Grant (1904) and A. T. Embree, Charles Grant and British Rule in India (1962).
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Commons 1790-1820
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GRANT, Charles I (1746-1823)
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Oxford 1644
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