Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil

For other people named Michael Grant, see Michael Grant (disambiguation).

Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil
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Born	Michael Grant de Longueuil 1947
Occupation	medical practitioner, painter
Spouse	Isabel Padua
Children	Angela, Rachel, Rebecca, David Alexander
Parents	Raymond Grant de Longueuil and Anne Maltby

Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (born 1947) is a nobleman possessing the only French colonial title recognized by the King or Queen of Canada.

Assumption of title and royal connection

He assumed the title of Baron upon the death of his father, Raymond Grant, in Navarrenx, near Pau, France in 2004.

He is related to Commonwealth realms royalty through his grandmother, the Lady Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon. She was first cousin to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon the Queen Mother. The Baron is a second cousin, once removed, to Queen Elizabeth II.

Career, art and residence

A medical practitioner, Grant de Longueuil has interests in palliative medicine, working for 13 years at Hayward House. His interest in pain control led him to take a degree in clinical hypnosis. Since retiring from full time work he has started painting and has devoted himself to his father's work, exhibiting his paintings worldwide. He has a studio in the South of France in Navarrenx, and a gallery dedicated to the life's work of his father.

He currently lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.

Family

Grant de Longueuil married Isabel Padua^[1] Grant, born in the Philippines and of mixed Spanish and Filipino origin. Together they have three children:

• Angela (born 1974), director of The Angela Grant School of Dance, London;
• Rachel (born 1977), a martial artist, model and actress;
• Rebecca (born 1981), an actress, dancer and singer.

His second wife is Susan Casey, daughter of the BBC comedy writer and producer James Casey. They have one son:

• David Alexander (born 1984), a geologist, mountaineer and expedition leader.

Family seat

The Barons de Longueuil have not lived in Canada for several generations, having lived in Scotland and France and, in the 1970s, Luzon, Philippines.^[2]

The original seigneury was sold^[3] in the early 1800s. The Kingston home of the barons, Alwington House, was sold out of the family in 1910.^[4] In 1993 the current baron and wife visited the Longueuil Castle or Ardath Castle grounds on Wolfe Island, Ontario, without making any claim to them.^[5] Ardath Castle had been in the family as early as 1795 when the Grant family purchased lands in the area.^[6]

Ancestry

See also

• Baron de Longueuil
• Canadian titles debate

External links

• Site with information on the Barons de Longueuil (in French)

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013812/bio
2. ^ Rachel Grant biography
3. ^ Barbara Wall La Rocque, Kenneth S. (FRW) Keyes, Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone (2009), p. 52
4. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 52, p. 54
5. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, pp. 61–62
6. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 50

French nobility recognized in Canada
Preceded by Raymond Grant	Baron de Longueuil 2004-	Incumbent

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Name	Grant, Michael Charles, 12th Baron de Longueuil
Alternative names	Longueuil, Michael Grant de
Short description	medical practitioner, painter
Date of birth	1947
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