| He succeeded his father November 1716. He represented Inverness-shire in the Scots Parliament, 1702-7. He was one of the Commissioners for union with England 27 February 1706. He signed the Articles of Union on 22 July 1706. He was one of the thirty representatives of counties appointed to sit in the first British Parliament. On 4 March 1706 he received a commission from Queen Anne appointing him colonel and captain of the Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot in Scotland. In 1708 Colonel Grant was elected as member for the shire of Inverness to sit in the British Parliament. He was a brave soldier and a capable officer, and saw much service in the wars of the Duke of Marlborough. On 24 August 1710 he was taken prisoner by a French privateer in the English Channel. He was released soon after on parole, and finally an exchange of prisoners was effected. On 12 February 1711 he was raised, 'for his loyalty, courage, and experience,' to the rank of brigadier-general. On 24 September 1713 Brigadier-General Grant was chosen member of Parliament for the county of Elgin and Forres. On 11 January 1715 he became Governor of the fortress of Sheerness, and on 19 August 1715 he received a commission as Lord-Lieutenant of the counties of Banff and Inverness. On the outbreak of the Jacobite insurrection in 1715 he was appointed, 14 September,Captain of the Castle of Edinburgh, and was ordered to reinforce the garrison with two companies of his regiment. On 17 July 1717 he was curtly informed that the King had no further occasion for his services. This action was not unexpected by him, as in June 1716 John, Duke of Argyll, had been suddenly, without any known cause, deprived of all his offices. In the spring of 1719 he was seized with illness, and he died at Leith, on his way north, on 14 August 1719. He was buried in the Chapel Royal at Holyrood, like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before him.7 |