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Charles Grants father, Alexander Grant's nickname was the "Swordsman" because of his skill with that weapon. He was the tenant of the farm of Easter Inchbrine, or Balbeg in Glen Urquhart. He was not killed at Culloden as sometimes reported. He was wounded in the head and made his way back to Glen Urquhart and helped others on the way. To quote from the book, Urquhart and Glenmoriston, Olden Times in a Highland Parish by William MacKay, "He (Alexander)saved Somereled Dubh MacDonald by severing a trooper's arm which was raised to strike him. Wishing to avoid the streets of Inverness, he and his companions passed by the town, and forded the Ness above the islands. William MacMillan, from the Braes, was being hard-pressed in mid stream by a trooper when Grant stole behind, and with a stroke of his sword brought horse and rider into the water. His next stroke cleft the Englishman's head in two". He remained in hiding for two years before obtaining a commission in one of two Highland Regiments raised for service in America. He never returned from America and there is no record of what happened to him. Ian Bell

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