Family and Education
bap. 4 May 1701, 2nd s. of Sir Francis Grant (Lord Cullen S.C.J.), 1st Bt., of Cullen of Buchan, Banff, by Jean, da. of Rev. William Meldrum, Tolbooth Kirk, Edinburgh. educ. Edinburgh Univ.; M. Temple 1721; adv. 1722. m. c.1729, Grizel, da. and h. of Rev. John Miller of Neilston, Renfrew, 4da.
Offices Held
Procurator for Church of Scotland and principal clerk of assembly 1731 – 46; solicitor-gen. for Scotland 1737 – 42; commr. for fisheries and manufactures 1738; lord adv. Feb. 1746 – Aug. 1754; raised to Scottish bench as Lord Prestongrange 14 Nov. 1754; commr. for annexed estates 1754.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Prestongrange, Haddington.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
GRANT, William (1701-64)
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