Donald Patrick Trevor Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey, (18 March 1912 – 27 January 1992) was a British peer, land agent and Chief of

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. Born in

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, he was the only son of Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey and his wife Alice Louisa Johnston. Educated at Stowe and

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, he trained as a land agent and surveyor. Upon the death of his father in 1948, he succeeded to the Barony of Strathspey. He inherited no estate of his own, however.Lord Strathspey (1983). ''A History of Clan Grant''. Phillimore. p. 55. . During World War II he enlisted with the land branch of the War Department and ultimately gained the rank of honorary Lieutenant colonel. He was appointed

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and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

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