Background
Grant was the son of James Brighton Grant, a brewer and maltster from Kettleburgh in Suffolk who had been imprisoned for non-payment of Church Rates.
Grant was the son of James Brighton Grant, a brewer and maltster from Kettleburgh in Suffolk who had been imprisoned for non-payment of Church Rates.
Studied at City of London School.
He was educated at the City of London School, worked as a journalist, and was called to the bar in 1877 at the Middle Temple, after which he practised on the North Eastern Circuit. Grant stood for Parliament four times before winning a seat. He stood unsuccessfully in Woodstock at the by-election in July 1885, in Birmingham West at the 1892 general election, in Rugby at the 1895 general election, and in Harrow at a by-election in 1899.
He was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament for Rugby, re-elected in 1906, and stood down from the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election.
Grant was married in 1885 to Annie Adams of Plymouth.
27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament.
Spouse 1885, Annie Adams.