Alexander Grant (1734 - 1813)

Ancestors Descendants

Preceded by Peter Hunter

Acting Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada 1805 - 1806

Succeeded by Sir Francis Gore

Biography

Alexander Grant, born in 1734, was the son of Isobel Grant and Patrick Grant, Laird of Glenmoriston. He was a Royal Navy officer, businessman, and politician. He served as a member of both the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Upper Canada, and was for a short time, Administrator of Upper Canada, 1805-1806.

Grant married Thérèse Barthe (1758-1810) of Grosse Pointe, near Detroit, in 1774. They had eleven daughters and a son. He died in 1813 in Detroit and was buried on the other side of the Detroit River in Sandwich, now Windsor, Ontario.

Sources

• Alexander Grant (Upper Canada politician). (2016, February 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:22, March 26, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Grant_(Upper_Canada_politician)&oldid=703300225
• In collaboration with Carol Whitfield, “GRANT, ALEXANDER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed March 25, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/grant_alexander_5E.html.

Major Alpin's Ancestors And Descendants [1]

[2] Wayne County, Michigan, Deed# 36-42