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Six baronetcies have been held by the Grant family.

Colquhoun, later Grant baronets, of Grant (1625)

See Colquhoun baronets

Grant baronets, of Dalvey, Elgin (1688)

Gules three Antique Crowns Or within a Bordure engrailed of the last[1]

Created 10 August 1688, in the baronetage of Nova Scotia.[2]

Grant baronets, of Monymusk, Aberdeen (1705)

Escutcheon of the Grant baronets of Monymusk

Created 7 December 1705, in the baronetage of Nova Scotia.[3]

Grant baronets, of Forres, Moray (1924)

Escutcheon of the Grant baronets of Forres

Created 25 June 1924, in the baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Grant baronet, of Househill, Nairn (1926)

Escutcheon of the Grant baronets of Househill

Created 30 July 1926, a baronetage of the United Kingdom.

  • Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet, born 3 March 1867, was member of parliament for Egremont 1910–1918, for Whitehaven 1918–1922, and Derbyshire South 1924–1929. He had no son and died on 29 July 1932, when the title became extinct.

Macpherson-Grant baronets, of Ballindalloch (1838)

References

  1. ^ "Current Nova Scotia Baronetcies". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 377, retrieved 2 March 2019
  3. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 451, retrieved 2 March 2019
  4. ^ "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1924. pp. 4407–4422.
  5. ^ "No. 32954". The London Gazette. 8 July 1924. pp. 5249–5249.