Sir Ludovick Grant, 7th Baronet (13 January 1707 – 18 March 1773) was a Scottish

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. Grant was the son of

Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (28 July 1679 – 16 January 1747) was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 25 years from 1722 to 1747. He was Chief of Clan Grant from 1719 until his death. Early life Grant was the third, ...

, and Anne Colquhoun. He succeeded his father as seventh Baronet of Colquhoun in 1747. In 1741 Grant was elected to the

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for

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, a seat he held until 1761. Grant married firstly Marian Dalrymple. He married secondly Lady Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of the statesman James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield. His final address in

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is given as Parliament Close.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1775 He died in March 1773, aged 66, and was succeeded by his son from his second marriage, James Grant.

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