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GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRANT, See also:CHARLES (1746-1823) , See also:British politician, was See also:born at Aldourie, See also:Inverness-See also:shire, on the 16th of See also:April 1746, the See also:day on which his See also:father, See also:Alexander Grant, was killed whilst fighting for the See also:Jacobites at See also:Culloden. When a See also:young See also:man Charles went to See also:India, where he became secretary, and later a member of the See also:board of See also:trade. He returned to See also:Scotland in 1790, and in 1802 was elected to See also:parliament as member for the See also:county of Inverness. In the See also:House of See also:Commons his See also:chief interests were in See also:Indian affairs, and he was especially vigorous in his hostility to the policy of the See also:Marquess See also:Wellesley. In 18o5 he was chosen chairman of the See also:directors of the See also:East India See also:Company and he retired from parliament in ,818. A friend of See also:William See also:Wilberforce, Grant was a prominent member of the evangelical party in the See also:Church of See also:England; he was a generous supporter of the church's missionary undertakings. He was largely responsible for the See also:establishment of the East India See also:college, which was afterwards erected at Haileybury. He died in See also:London on the 31st of See also:October 1823. His eldest son, Charles, was created a peer in 1835 as See also:Baron See also:Glenelg. See See also:Henry See also:Morris, See also:Life of Charles Grant (19o4).

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