. The chiefs of Grant. Memoirs (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . twelve children which Lady Margaret Ogilvie boreto her husband, Sir James Grant was the only son. He was born on19th May 1738. His father, Sir Ludovick Grant, while representativein Parliament for the county of Elgin from 1741 to 1761, resided much inLondon, and young James was educated at Westminster School. Hisstudies were superintended by a tutor who lived with him, Mr. WilliamLorimer, an eminent scholar from Lord Findlaters country, who, not onlythen, b
. The chiefs of Grant. Memoirs (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] . twelve children which Lady Margaret Ogilvie boreto her husband, Sir James Grant was the only son. He was born on19th May 1738. His father, Sir Ludovick Grant, while representativein Parliament for the county of Elgin from 1741 to 1761, resided much inLondon, and young James was educated at Westminster School. Hisstudies were superintended by a tutor who lived with him, Mr. WilliamLorimer, an eminent scholar from Lord Findlaters country, who, not onlythen, but during the whole course of his life, took a warm interest in hispupil and all his affairs. Mr. Lorimers letters to Sir Ludovick Grant,when he went north to Scotland, report the satisfactory progress of hispupil in his studies, and his exemplary conduct. In what year James Grant first went to school has not been ascer-tained. The earliest reference to his education is in 1749, his eleventhyear, when Mr. Lorimer wrote to Sir Ludovick of his sons proficiency, andthe commencement of the holidays which the pupil and his tutor intended. SIR JAMES GRANT OF GRANT BARONET, B. igTHMAY 1738. 17 63. D. I8T FEBRUARY I8M.
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