Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (born 1947) is a nobleman possessing the only French colonial title recognized by the

Monarch of Canada The monarchy of Canada is Canada's form of government embodied by the Canadian sovereign and head of state. It is at the core of Canada's constitutional federal structure and Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. The monarchy is the found ...

, currently his second cousin twice removed, Charles III of Canada.

Assumption of title and royal connection

He assumed the title of

Baron de Longueuil Baron de Longueuil () is a title of French nobility that was granted originally by King Louis XIV of France to a Norman military officer, Charles le Moyne de Longueuil. Its continuing recognition since the cession of Canada by France to Britain i ...

in 2004 upon the death of his father, Raymond Grant, in

Navarrenx Navarrenx (; oc, Navarrencs, ; eu, Nabarrengose, eu, label=Zuberoan dialect, Zuberoan, Nabarrenkoxe) is a town and communes of France, commune in the departments of France, French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Béarn) and the region of ...

, near Pau, France. He is related to the monarch of the

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s through his grandmother, Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon. She was first cousin to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the l ...

. The baron is a second cousin, once removed, to

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

Career, art, and residence

A medical practitioner, Grant de Longueuil has interests in

palliative medicine In 2006, ''hospice and palliative medicine'' was officially recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, and is ''co-sponsored'' by the American Boards of * Internal Medicine * Anesthesiology * Family Medicine * Physical Medicine ...

, working for 13 years at Hayward House. His interest in pain control led him to take a degree in clinical

hypnosis Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.In 2015, the American Psychologica ...

. Since retiring from full-time work, he has started painting. He has a studio in the South of France in

. He currently lives on the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; sco, Isle o Arran; gd, Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Historically part of Butesh ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Family

Grant de Longueuil married Isabel Padua, born in the

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and of mixed Spanish and

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origin. Together, they have three children: *Angela (born 1974), director of The Angela Grant School of Dance, London; *

Rachel Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...

(born 1976), an actress and TV presenter; *

Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

(born 1982), an actress, dancer and singer. His second wife is Susan Casey, daughter of the BBC comedy writer and producer James Casey. They have one son: *David Alexander (born 1984), a geologist, mountaineer and expedition leader.

Family seat

The Barons de Longueuil have not lived in Canada for several generations, having lived in Scotland and France and, in the 1970s, in

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

. The original seigneury was sold in the early 1800s. The Kingston home of the barons, Alwington House, was sold out of the family in 1910. In 1993, the current baron and his wife visited the Longueuil Castle or Ardath Castle grounds on

Wolfe Island, Ontario Wolfe may refer to: Places Canada * Wolfe (provincial electoral district), a former electoral district in Quebec * Wolfe Lake, Ontario * Wolfe Island (Ontario), in Lake Ontario, Ontario * Wolfe Island (Nova Scotia), in the Atlantic Ocean near Nov ...

, without making any claim to them. Ardath Castle had been in the family as early as 1795, when the Grant family purchased lands in the area.''Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone'', p. 50

Ancestry

References

External links

Site with information on the Barons de Longueuil (in French)

''recognized by the Crown in right of Canada'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Michael Barons of Longueuil Living people 1947 births Bowes-Lyon family British people of French descent Le Moyne family