Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet DL (12 August 1839 – 5 December 1907) was a Scottish landowner, cattle breeder and

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politician. Macpherson-Grant was the son of

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of Ballindalloch and his wife Marion Helen Campbell, daughter of Mungo Nutter Campbell. He was educated at

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and at

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and succeeded to the Baronetcy Macpherson-Grant, of Ballindalloch, co. Banff at the age of 11 on the death of his father on 2 December 1850. Macpherson had the oldest herd of polled

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cattle in Scotland when he started improving the breed. In 1860, he bought a cow named Erica from the Earl of Southesk's Kinnaird herd which started a famous Ballindalloch bloodline. He was considered one of the greatest exhibitors of the breed, and won prizes at all the major shows, including first prize at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. Macpherson-Grant also leased the site for the foundation of the

Cragganmore Cragganmore distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery situated in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire, Scotland. The distillery was founded in 1869 by John Smith on land leased from Sir George Macpherson-Grant. The site was chosen by Smi ...

whisky distillery in 1869. He was a J.P. and a deputy lieutenant for Banffshire and Inverness. In 1879 Macpherson-Grant was elected

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for Elginshire and Nairn. He held the seat until 1886 when as a Unionist he was defeated by Charles Henry Anderson a Gladstonian Liberal. He was chairman of the

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from 1897–1900. Macpherson-Grant lived at

Ballindalloch Castle Ballindalloch Castle, known as the "pearl of the north", is a Scottish castle located in Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland. It has been the family home of Macpherson-Grants since 1546. History The first tower of the ''Z plan'' castle was b ...

, Elgin and Invereshie House, Inverness. He died at the age of 68. Macpherson-Grant married Frances Elizabeth Pocklington, daughter of Reverend Roger Pocklington of Walesby, Nottinghamshire on 3 July 1861. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John Macpherson-Grant, 4th Baronet.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macpherson-Grant, George, 3rd Baronet 1839 births 1907 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness-shire Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 Scottish landowners Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Highland Railway Scottish justices of the peace 19th-century Scottish businesspeople