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Ballindalloch Ballindalloch () is a small village on the River Spey in Scotland. It is known for its Scotch whisky, whisky distilleries and for Ballindalloch Castle. In Ballindalloch itself, there are two distilleries, Cragganmore distillery and Ballindalloc ...
in the County of Elgin, was a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
. It was created on 25 July 1838 for George Macpherson-Grant, Member of Parliament for
Sutherland Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...
intermittently from 1809 to 1826. The 3rd Baronet was MP for Elginshire and Nairnshire from 1879 to 1886, and was also deputy lieutenant of Elginshire,
Invernesshire Inverness-shire () or the County of Inverness, is a historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness, its largest settlement, which was also the county town. Covering much of the Highlands and some of the Hebrides, it is Scotland's lar ...
and
Banffshire Banffshire (; ; ) is a historic county in Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975. Since 1996 the area has been spli ...
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Macpherson-Grant baronets, of Ballindalloch (1838)

* Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 1st Baronet
FRSE 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 Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...
(1781–1846), MP for Sutherland *Sir John Macpherson-Grant, 2nd Baronet (1804–1850) *
Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet DL (12 August 1839 – 5 December 1907) was a Scottish landowner, cattle breeder and Liberal politician. Macpherson-Grant was the son of Sir John Macpherson-Grant, 2nd Baronet of Ballindalloch and his wi ...
(1839–1907) *Sir John Macpherson-Grant, 4th Baronet (1863–1914) *Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 5th Baronet (1890–1951) *Sir Ewan George Macpherson-Grant, 6th Baronet (1907–1983)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macpherson-Grant Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom