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William Grant (Master of the Rolls) Sir William Grant (13 October 1752 – 23 May 1832) was a British lawyer, Member of Parliament from 1790–1812 and Master of the Rolls from 1801–1817. He was born at Elchies, Moray, Scotland. His father, James Grant, was a tenant farmer, ...
(1752–1832), Member of the Parliament, 1790–1812; Master of the Rolls, 1801–1817 *
William Grant (Northern Ireland politician) Rt. Hon. William Grant (6 April 1883 – 15 August 1949) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born at 110 Earl Street in Belfast, son of linen worker Martin Grant and Mary Ann Gibson, Grant worked as a shipwright and was a founder me ...
(1883–1949), Unionist M.P. for the Northern Ireland House of Commons *
William Grant (seigneur) William Grant (June 15, 1744 – October 5, 1805) was a Scottish-born businessman, seigneurial system of New France, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He is frequently referred to as ''William Grant of St. Roch'' to differentiate ...
(1744–1805), Scottish-born businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada *
William Grant, Lord Grant William Grant, Lord Grant, (19 June 1909 – 19 November 1972) was a Scottish advocate, a Unionist politician, and a judge. Born to the Grant's distillery family who created Glenfiddich whisky, he was one of Scotland's Great Officers of State ...
(1909–1972), Scottish Unionist politician and judge * William Grant, Lord Prestongrange (1701–1764), Scottish politician and judge * William M. Grant (1868–1931), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada


Sportsmen

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William St Clair Grant William St Clair Grant Jnr. (8 September 1894 – 26 September 1918) was the son of a Scottish international rugby player, born in Bhaugulpore, Bengal, India.Bath, p104 Cricket career Grant also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershir ...
(1894–1918), Scottish rugby player * William Grant (footballer) (1905–1994), English footballer, played for Blackpool F.C. * Bill Grant (Australian footballer), former Australian rules footballer


Military

*Sir William Keir Grant (1772–1852), British Army general *Sir William Lowther Grant (1864–1928), Royal Navy officer *
William Grant (general) Brigadier General William Grant, (30 September 1870 – 25 May 1939) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War. Early life and career William Grant was born on 30 September 1870 in Stawell, Victoria, ...
(1870–1939), Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in World War I


Others

* William Grant (businessman) (1839–1923), founder of the company William Grant & Sons, which distils Scotch whisky and other spirits *
William Grant (fur trader) William Grant (1743 – November 20, 1810) was a Scottish-born fur trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, ...
(1743–1810), Scottish-born fur trader in Lower Canada *
St. William Grant William Wellington Wellwood Grant OD (1894 – 27 August 1977) was a Jamaican labour activist. He was known as "St. William Grant", "St." presumably meaning "Sergeant" in reference to his military or UNIA service. He is regarded as the person w ...
(1894–1977), Jamaican trade unionist and activist *
William Grant (New Zealand) William Grant (23 September 1843 - 5 November 1910) was a New Zealand shepherd, stock dealer and landowner. He was born in Contin, Ross-shire, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern thir ...
(1843–1910), New Zealand shepherd, stock dealer, landowner *
William Grant Naboré The pianist and pedagogue, William Grant Nabore’ was born in Roanoke, Virginia (USA) where he studied with Kathleen Kelly Coxe, a pupil of Alexander Siloti, the teacher of Sergej Rachmaninov and afterwards with the eminent musicologist, Anne ...
, American classical pianist * William F. Grant (born 1924), Canadian plant geneticist, biosystematist, educator, and environmental advocate * William Thomas Grant (1876–1972), American philanthropist and founder of the W. T. Grant stores * William James Grant (1829–1866), English painter *
William Grant (priest) William James Grant (1929–2009) was archdeacon, then dean of Tuam, in the Church of Ireland in the last quarter of the 20th century. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980/82 (London, OUP, 1982) p 393 Grant was born in 1929, and ordained in 195 ...
, Archdeacon then Dean of Tuam *
William Grant (journalist) William Grant may refer to: Politicians *Sir William Grant (Master of the Rolls) (1752–1832), Member of the Parliament, 1790–1812; Master of the Rolls, 1801–1817 *William Grant (Northern Ireland politician) (1883–1949), Unionist M.P. for ...
, see Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting * William K. Grant, American diplomat


See also

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Will Grant Wilfred L. Grant (born March 7, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. University of Kentucky Will Grant played college football at the ...
(born 1954), American football player *
Bill Grant (disambiguation) Bill Grant may refer to: * Bill Grant (curler) (1882–1942), Canadian curler * Bill Grant (Australian footballer) (1882–1947), Australian rules footballer * Bill Grant (Gaelic footballer) (1891–1955), Irish Gaelic footballer * Bill Grant (mand ...
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