See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• ANNE GRANT (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

GRANT (1755-1838)  , Scottish writer, generally known as Mrs See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant of Laggan, was See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn in See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1755 . Her childhood was spent in See also:

• AMERICA

America, her See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan MacVicar, being an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army officer on service there . In 1768 the See also:

• FAMILY

family returned to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and in 1779 See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne married See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Grant, an army See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain, who was also See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Laggan, near Fort See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness, where her father was barrack-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . On her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• DEATH

death in 18o1 she was See also:

• LEFT

left with a large family and a small income . In 1802 she published by subscription a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original Poems, with some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

Translations from the Gaelic, which was favourably received . In .18o6 her Letters from the Mountains, with their spirited description of Highland scenery and legends, awakened much See also:

• INTEREST

interest . Her other See also:

• WORKS

works are See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of an See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady, with Sketches of See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

Manners and Scenery in America as they existed previous to the Revolution (18o8), containing reminiscences of her childhood; Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland (1811) ; and Eighteen See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred and Thirteen, a Poem (1814) . In 1810 she went to live in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . For the last twelve years of her See also:

• LIFE

life she received a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . She died on the 7th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1838 . See Memoir and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of Mrs Grant of Laggan, edited by her son J . P .

Grant (3 vols., 1844) .