Robert Patterson Grant
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Robert Patterson Grant (April 12, 1814 – November 13, 1892) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He sat for the Pictou division in the Senate of Canada from 1877 to 1892.[1]
The son of Lewis Grant, he was born in Inverness and educated at the Inverness Royal Academy. Grant came to Canada in 1833, moving to Nova Scotia in 1835. In 1840, he married Annie Carmichael. Grant was the president of the Pictou Bank. He represented the East Region of Pictou County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1859 to 1863 as a Liberal.[2] Grant died in office at the age of 78.[1]
References
[edit]
 | This article about a Liberal party Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1814 births
- 1892 deaths
- Canadian senators from Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
- People educated at Inverness Royal Academy
- 19th-century Scottish merchants
- Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia
- Politicians from Inverness
- 19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- 19th-century members of the Senate of Canada
- Liberal Party, Nova Scotia MLA stubs