Charles William Grant was born in 1782.
He was the son of Captain David Alexander Grant and
Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne, Baronne de Longueuil.
He served during the
War of 1812
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as
Lieutenant Colonel
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of the Boucherville militia battalion and as a staff officer. He was taken prisoner by the Americans on 8 December 1813, and was held hostage in
Worcester, Massachusetts
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.
He married Caroline Coffin, daughter of General
John Coffin and Anne Mathews, on 21 May 1814.
He became a member of the
Legislative Council of Lower Canada.
He succeeded to the title of
Baron de Longueuil
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on 17 January 1841.
He died on 5 July 1848
at his residence of Alwington House in
Kingston
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.
Ancestry
References
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1782 births
1848 deaths
Barons of Longueuil
Le Moyne family