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See also:GLENELG, See also:CHARLES See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
GRANT, See also:BARON (1778-1866) , eldest son of Charles Grant (q.v.), chairman of the See also:directors of the See also:East See also:India See also:Company, was See also:born in India on the 26th of See also:October 1778, and was educated at Magdalene See also:College, See also:Cambridge, of which he became a See also:fellow in 1802. Called to the See also:bar in 1807, he was elected member of See also:parliament for the See also:Inverness burghs in 1807, and having gained some reputation as a See also:speaker in the See also:House of See also:Commons, he was made a See also:lord of the See also:treasury in See also:December 1813, an See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office which he held until See also:August 1819, when he became secretary to the lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland and a privy councillor. In 1823 he was appointed See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:board of See also:trade; from See also:September 1827 to See also:June 1828 he was president of the board and treasurer of the See also:navy; then joining the Whigs, he was president of the board of See also:control under See also:Earl See also:Grey and Lord See also:Melbourne from See also:November 183o to November 1834. At the board of control Grant was primarily responsible for the See also:act of 1833, which altered the constitution of the See also:government of India. In See also:April 1835 he became secretary for See also:war and the colonies, and was created Baron Glenelg. His See also:term of office was a stormy one. His See also:differences with See also:Sir See also:Benjamin d'See also:Urban (q.v.), See also:governor of Cape See also:Colony, were serious; but more so were those with See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV. and others over the See also:administration of See also:Canada.. He was still secretary when the See also:Canadian See also:rebellion See also:broke out in 1837; his wavering and feeble policy was fiercely attacked in parliament; he became involved in disputes with the earl of See also:Durham, and the See also:movement for his supercession found supporters even among his colleagues in the See also:cabinet. In See also:February 1839 he resigned, receiving See also:consolation in the shape of a See also:pension of £2000 a See also:year. From 1818 until he was made a peer Grant represented the See also:county of Inverness in parliament, and he has been called " the last of the Canningites." Living mainly abroad during the concluding years of his See also:life, he died unmarried at See also:Cannes on the 23rd of April 1866 when his See also:title became See also:extinct.
Glenelg's See also:brother, SIR See also:ROBERT GRANT (1779-1838), who was third wrangler in 18o1, was, like his brother, a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a See also:barrister. From 1818 to 1834 he represented various constituencies in parliament, where he was chiefly prominent for his persistent efforts to relieve the disabilities of the See also:Jews.l In June 1834 he was appointed governor of Bombay, and he died in India on the 9th of See also:July 1838. Grant wrote a See also:Sketch of the See also:History of the East India Co. (1813), and is also known as a writer of See also:hymns.
End of Article: GLENELG, CHARLES GRANT, BARON (1778-1866)
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