Peter Grant (died 1 September 1784) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest, agent and

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, later in life an important liaison for British Catholic visitors in Rome.

Life

Grant was born in the diocese of

Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...

, a member of the Grant family of Blairfind in

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. He entered the

Scotch College at Rome The Scots College (or The Pontifical Scots College) (Italian: Il Pontificio Collegio Scozzese) in Rome is the main seminary for the training of men for the priesthood from the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. History The Scots C ...

in 1726 and returned to Scotland as a priest in 1735. He was sent to the mission at

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. There he remained until 1737, when, after the murder of the Roman agent Stuart, he was appointed to fill that office. He became acquainted with British travellers who went to Rome, and rendered them many services. For a long period hardly any British subject of distinction visited Rome without being provided with letters of introduction to the Abbé Grant. Clement XIV was very fond of him, and intended to create him a Cardinal; but died before taking steps. Grant died at Rome on 1 September 1784.

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Year of birth missing 1784 deaths Scottish Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Scottish people People from Moray 18th-century Christian clergy {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub