Sir William Grant

(1752-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Grant Sir William (1752-1832) Knight Master of the Rolls DNB: Grant, Sir William (1752–1832), judge LBT ID: WiGrant1832	B/BAP: 1752-10-13 DIED: 1832-05-25
SOURCES: DNB
After education at King's College, Aberdeen and military service in Canada he was a Tory MP (1790-1812) and master of the Rolls (1801-17).
REFERENCES TO Sir William Grant: Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [4 January 1819] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ 5 Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 15 April 1820 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 4 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1820-21 Found 1: ¶ 6 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1819 Letters 1820