Background
He was born at Edinburgh, the son of Doctor Gregory Grant, by Mary, daughter of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (son of Francis Grant, Lord Cullen).
He was born at Edinburgh, the son of Doctor Gregory Grant, by Mary, daughter of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (son of Francis Grant, Lord Cullen).
Street John"s College.
He was known as a dedicated evangelical. He matriculated at Street John"s College, Oxford, on 21 October 1795, and took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1799, and Master of Arts in 1805. In 1809 Grant moved to London, as curate of Hornsey, and then of and Street Pancras. in Middlesex.
Through the interest of Majendie, he was presented to the living of Binbrooke Saint Mary, Lincolnshire, in 1818, and to the incumbency of Kentish Town, London, in 1822, where he remained till his death on 4 December 1844.
