William Grant, Lord Prestongrange
- William Grant, Lord Prestongrange
William Grant (1701? – 1764), Lord Prestongrange, was a Scottish politician and judge.
The second son of Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, he was admitted as an advocate in 1722, was procurator for the Church of Scotland and Clerk to the General Assembly in 1731. He campaigned against patronage in the Church. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1737 and promoted to Lord Advocate in 1746.
He was Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1747 to 1754, and carried bills for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions, wardholding and for annexation of forfeited estates to the Crown.
He was appointed a Lord of Session and Justiciary as Lord Prestongrange in 1754, and a Commissioner of annexed estates in 1755.
He is described - simply as Lord Prestongrange - in famous Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Catriona.
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