Patrick Grant (1795−14 May 1855) was an English businessman who was an Australian politician and Police Magistrate. He was the proprietor of the ''Sun'', the '' True Sun''.

Biography

Grant was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Grant and Jane Hannay. Politician Henry Hunt brought a libel action against Grant, the ''True Sun's'' proprietor, publisher John Bell, and printer John Ager for an article published on 18 December 1832; however, Hunt was awarded damages of one farthing. Grant, Bell and Ager were prosecuted, convicted and confined in 1834 to the

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for advocating tax resistance against the British government's

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. He was later pardoned. He was a police magistrate at Maitland, in the

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and sub editor of the ''

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''. In 1845 he was elected to the

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; this election was voided, but he was re-elected later that year and served until 1848. Grant subsequently moved to

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, Scotland and died in

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on .

Marriage and issue

Patrick was married to Catherine Sophia Grant, the daughter of

Charles Grant Charles or Charlie Grant may refer to: Arts and entertainment * C.J. Grant (Charles Jameson Grant, ), American editorial cartoonist * Charles L. Grant (1942–2006), American novelist * Charles Grant (actor) (born 1957), American actor * Charles G ...

and Jane Fraser, they are known to have had the following known issue:Grant, Francis J. ''Grants of Corrimony.'' T. & J. Manson, 1895. p. 42. *Alexander Ronald Grant, Canon of Ely *Robert Grant *Charles Grant (died 1876) *Julia Grant *Matilda Grant *Flora Sophia Grant

References

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1795 births 1855 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub