Anthony Grant (politician)
Sir John Anthony Grant (born 29 May 1925) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
He attended St Paul's School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He served in the Army from 1943-8 as a Captain in the Third Dragoon Guards (3rd Carabiniers). He became a solicitor in 1952.
Parliamentary career
Grant first contested Hayes and Harlington, unsuccessfully, in 1959. He was Member of Parliament for Harrow Central from 1964 to 1983, then for Cambridgeshire South West from 1983 until he retired in 1997. He served as a junior Minister for Industrial Development and Trade in the Heath government of 1970 to 1974.
The Harrow Central constituency was abolished during boundary changes just before the 1983 general election. During this procedure, he competed unsuccessfully with Hugh Dykes, the sitting MP for Harrow East for the nomination for the much enlarged Harrow East constituency.
Personal life
He married Sonia Isobel and they had a son and daughter.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1992
- 1925 births
- Living people
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1964–66
- UK MPs 1966–70
- UK MPs 1970–74
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–79
- UK MPs 1979–83
- UK MPs 1983–87
- UK MPs 1987–92
- UK MPs 1992–97
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- People educated at St Paul's School, London