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Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet, the Glossary

Sir Alexander Cray Grant, 8th Baronet (13 November 1782 – 29 November 1854) was a British politician and plantation owner in the West Indies.^[1]

44 relations: Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency), Chairman of Ways and Means, Clinton James Fynes Clinton, Commissioners of Audit, Dalvey, Elgin, Devon, Dictionary of National Biography, Edward Cust, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fitzroy Kelly, George Pryme, Gibbs Antrobus, Grant baronets, Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency), Henry Fynes Clinton, Henry Hanmer, Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Jamaica, John Ashley Warre, John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency), Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Michael Prendergast (MP), Oxford University Press, Plantation, Ralph Lopes, Robert Peel, Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet, Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet, Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet, St John's College, Cambridge, Tories (British political party), Tregony (UK Parliament constituency), West Alvington, West Indies, Westbury (UK Parliament constituency), William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort, William Gore-Langton (1760–1847), William Holmes (politician), William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield.
British slave owners
Jamaican planters

Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Aldborough was a parliamentary borough located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832.

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Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Cambridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Daniel Zeichner of the Labour Party.

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Chairman of Ways and Means

In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker's three deputies.

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Clinton James Fynes Clinton (13 December 1792 – 13 April 1833) was a British barrister and Tory politician who served as Member of Parliament for Aldborough from 1826 to 1832. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Clinton James Fynes Clinton are Tory MPs (pre-1834), uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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Commissioners of Audit

The Commissioners of Audit had responsibility from 1785 to 1866 for the auditing of public accounts in the United Kingdom.

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Dalvey, Elgin

Dalvey is a place near to the town of Forres in Moray, Scotland.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Edward Cust

Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, KCH (17 March 1794 – 14 January 1878) was a British soldier, politician and courtier. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Edward Cust are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Fitzroy Kelly

Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly (9 October 1796 – 18 September 1880) was an English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Fitzroy Kelly are uK MPs 1837–1841 and uK MPs 1841–1847.

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George Pryme

George Pryme (4 April 1781 – 2 December 1868) was a British economist, academic and politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and George Pryme are uK MPs 1837–1841.

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Gibbs Antrobus

Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus (17 June 1793 – 21 May 1861) was a British diplomat and politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Gibbs Antrobus are uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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Grant baronets

Six baronetcies have been held by the Grant family.

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Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Grimsby was a constituency in North East Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since December 2019 by Lia Nici of the Conservative Party.

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Henry Fynes Clinton

Henry Fynes Clinton (14 January 1781 – 24 October 1852) was an English classical scholar, chronologist and Member of Parliament. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Henry Fynes Clinton are uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820 and uK MPs 1820–1826.

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Henry Hanmer

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hanmer, (23 January 1789 – 2 February 1868) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1831 to 1837. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Henry Hanmer are Conservative MP for England stubs and Tory MPs (pre-1834).

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Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland

General Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland KG (6 August 1788 – 18 January 1864) was a British peer, politician and army officer. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland are uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830, uK MPs 1830–1831, uK MPs 1837–1841 and uK MPs 1841–1847.

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Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)

Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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John Ashley Warre

John Ashley Warre FRS (5 October 1787 – 18 November 1860) was a British Member of Parliament. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and John Ashley Warre are uK MPs 1812–1818 and uK MPs 1820–1826.

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John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury

John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury (27 May 1814 – 24 June 1877), styled The Hon. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury are uK MPs 1841–1847.

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Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)

In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years as members of the university, including years as an undergraduate.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Michael Prendergast (MP)

Michael George Prendergast (died 1834) was an Irish politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Michael Prendergast (MP) are uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Plantation

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.

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Ralph Lopes

Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (10 September 1788 – 23 January 1854), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament (MP). Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Ralph Lopes are 1854 deaths, Conservative MP for England stubs, Tory MPs (pre-1834), uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820 and uK MPs 1841–1847.

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Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835). Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Robert Peel are Tory MPs (pre-1834), uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830, uK MPs 1830–1831, uK MPs 1837–1841 and uK MPs 1841–1847.

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Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet

Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet, FRSE (23 September 1826 – 30 November 1884) was a British landowner and historian who served as Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1868 to 1884. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet are baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

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Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet

Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 4th Baronet, PC, FRS, FRSE (5 December 1782 – 21 February 1849) was a Scottish politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet are 1782 births, members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall, uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet, FRS (25 September 1773 – 17 December 1843), born Robert Wigram, was a Director of the Bank of England and a Tory politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall, uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1826–1830 and uK MPs 1830–1831.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.

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Tories (British political party)

The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and Tories (British political party) are Tory MPs (pre-1834).

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Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)

Tregony was a rotten borough in Cornwall which was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, and returned two Members of Parliament to the English and later British Parliament continuously from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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West Alvington

West Alvington is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Kingsbridge in South Hams, Devon on the A381 road.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010.

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William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort

William Richard Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort (19 November 1794 – 29 October 1818), was a British politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall and uK MPs 1812–1818.

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William Gore-Langton (1760–1847)

Colonel William Gore-Langton (December 1760 – 14 March 1847), known as William Gore until 1783, was a British politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and William Gore-Langton (1760–1847) are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall, uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1837–1841 and uK MPs 1841–1847.

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William Holmes (politician)

William Holmes (2 April 1779 – 26 January 1851) was an Irish Tory and Conservative politician in the United Kingdom in the early nineteenth century. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and William Holmes (politician) are Tory MPs (pre-1834), uK MPs 1812–1818, uK MPs 1818–1820, uK MPs 1820–1826, uK MPs 1826–1830, uK MPs 1830–1831 and uK MPs 1837–1841.

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William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield

William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT, DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898) was a British Conservative politician. Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet and William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield are uK MPs 1830–1831 and uK MPs 1837–1841.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Grant,_8th_Baronet

Also known as Alexander Cray Grant, Sir Alexander Cray Grant, 8th Baronet.

Sir Alexander Grant, 8th Baronet, the Glossary

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See also

British slave owners

Jamaican planters

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