Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695) was a

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, he was created a

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, "of Dalvey,

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on 10 August 1688, with remainder "to his heirs whatsoever". He died in 1695 and was succeeded in his title and estates by his younger brother Ludovic. Lodge's ''Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage'' states that this family of Grant is "a branch of the ancient family of Grant, of Grant".page 699
of Edmund Lodge's ''The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage'' (1859), online at books.google.com (Retrieved 5 February 2008)

Footnotes

* 1695 deaths

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