P_10433_2493 – Sir Alexander Grant
Sir Alexander Grant (1707-1772), London merchant and slave-owner and MP, co-owner of six slaving voyages from London, shown as the sole owner of a seventh and co-owner of one further slaving voyage from Charleston. Grant was also co-owner with a 3/9ths share of the slave-trading complex at Bance Island in the Sierra Leone River from 1748 until his death, during which time more than 12,000 captive African people were shipped through it. One of Hancock’s Citizens of the World. He inherited in 1755 the baronetcy he had arranged to revive for his father. His ‘property’ in Jamaica, including enslaved people, was valued at over £100,000 local currency, while he also left extensive estates in Scotland, both passing to his brother Sir Ludovic Grant 6th bart. and then to Ludovoc’s Grant son Sir Alexander Grant 7th bart. of Dalvey.
Title: Sir
First name: Alexander
Middle name: /
Last name: Grant
Aliases: Grant, Alex (Sir), Grant, Nayr, Grant, Grant, Alexander
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Social background: Tenant farmer
Primary outcome: Gentry
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Relations
Elizabeth Coote(s)
Spouse
Elizabeth Coote was the daughter of Robert Coote(s) of Jamaica
Margaret Grant
Spouse (married 1764)
Margaret Grant was the daughter of Alexander Grant of Auchterblair. Both Burke's Peerage and History of Parliament show this marriage but the will of Sir Alexander Grant shows his wife as Elizabeth.
Elizabeth
Spouse
The will of Dame Elizabeth Grant widow of Sir Alexander Grant was made in 1787 with a codicil of 1790.
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Inverness Burghs 1761-68
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
Americas
Alexander Grant was in Jamaica c. 1721-1739.
Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: Don't know
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Yes
Sources: Hancock, Citizens of the World, passim. PROB 11/982/355
Other Individuals
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Crossings (8)
17734 - King George (1769 - 1769)
Role: Owner
24517 - Betsey (1759 - 1760)
Role: Owner
26017 - Betsey
Role: Owner
75396 - Elizabeth (1764 - 1765)
Role: Owner
77765 - Bance Island (1764 - 1765)
Role: Owner
77723 - Bance Island (1759 - 1760)
Role: Owner
77692 - Betsey (1757 - 1758)
Role: Owner
26022 - Bance Island (1760 - 1761)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
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Burial
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Baronetcy: 1755
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Residencies
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Schools
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Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Legacies
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