https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=86.159.76.24 Bharatpedia - User contributions [en] 2026-08-19T11:12:59Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Grant,_1st_Baron_Glenelg&diff=336066 Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg 2022-06-04T13:24:37Z <p>86.159.76.24: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br /> {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = The Lord Glenelg <br /> | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]<br /> | honorific-suffix = [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] <br /> | image = Henry_Perronet_Briggs_-_Charles_Grant,_Baron_Glenelg_(1837).jpg<br /> | caption = 1837 portrait by [[Henry Perronet Briggs]]<br /> | monarch2 = [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] &lt;br&gt; [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]<br /> | order2 = [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]]<br /> | predecessor2 = [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|The Earl of Aberdeen]]<br /> | primeminister2 = [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|The Viscount Melbourne]]<br /> | successor2 = [[Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|The Marquess of Normanby]]<br /> | party = [[Tory (political faction)|Tory]] &lt;br&gt; [[Whig (British political faction)|Whig]] <br /> | monarch1 = [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]]<br /> | order1 = [[President of the Board of Trade]]<br /> | predecessor1 = [[William Huskisson]]<br /> | primeminister1 = [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|The Viscount Goderich]] &lt;br&gt; [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|The Duke of Wellington]]<br /> | successor1 = [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey|William Vesey-FitzGerald]]<br /> | birth_date = {{birth-date|26 October 1778}} <br /> | birth_place = [[Kidderpore]], [[Calcutta]], [[Company rule in India|British India]]<br /> | death_date = {{death-date and age|23 April 1866|26 October 1778}} <br /> | death_place = [[Cannes]], [[Second French Empire|France]]<br /> | nationality = [[Anglo-Indian]]<br /> | spouse = <br /> | alma_mater = [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] <br /> | imagesize = 200px<br /> | term_start1 = 4 September 1827<br /> | term_end1 = 11 June 1828<br /> | term_start2 = 18 April 1835<br /> | term_end2 = 20 February 1839<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg''' [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (26 October 1778 – 23 April 1866) was a Scottish politician and colonial administrator who served as [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]]<br /> <br /> ==Background and education==<br /> Grant was born in [[Kidderpore]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Company Raj]], the eldest son of [[Charles Grant (British East India Company)|Charles Grant]], chairman of the directors of the British East India Company. His brother, [[Robert Grant (MP)|Sir Robert Grant]], was also an MP as well as [[Governor of Bombay]]. He was educated at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], and became a fellow in 1802.&lt;ref&gt;{{acad|id=GRNT795C|name=Grant, Charles (post Lord Glenelg)}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was called to the bar in 1807.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<br /> <br /> ==Political career==<br /> In 1811 Grant was elected to the [[British House of Commons]] as Member of Parliament for [[Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness Burghs]]. He held that seat until 1818, when he was returned for [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]]. He was a [[Lord of the Treasury]] from December 1813 until August 1819, when he became [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] and a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]]. In 1823 he was appointed [[Vice-President of the Board of Trade]]; from September 1827 to June 1828 he was [[President of the Board of Trade]] and [[Treasurer of the Navy]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<br /> <br /> Grant broke with the Tories over Reform and joined the Whigs (via the [[Canningite]] Tory splinter group). He was [[President of the Board of Control]] under [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Lord Grey]] and [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord Melbourne]] from November 1830 to November 1834. At the Board of Control Grant was primarily responsible for the Act of 1833 that altered the constitution of the Government of India. In April 1835 he became [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]], and was created '''Baron Glenelg''', of [[Glenelg, Highland|Glenelg]] in the County of Inverness.&lt;ref&gt;{{London Gazette |issue=19267 |date=5 May 1835 |page=877 }}&lt;/ref&gt; His term of office was a stormy one. His differences with [[Benjamin d'Urban|Sir Benjamin d'Urban]], Governor of [[Cape Colony]], were serious; but more so were those with [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]] and others over the administration of Canada. Lord Glenelg was still Secretary when the Canadian rebellion broke out in 1837; his policy was fiercely attacked in Parliament; he became involved in disputes with [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]], and the movement for his supersession found supporters even among his colleagues in the cabinet. In February 1839 Lord Glenelg resigned. He has been called the last of the [[George Canning|Canningites]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<br /> <br /> ==Personal life==<br /> Lord Glenelg died in Cannes, France in April 1866, aged 87. The barony became extinct on his death.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> *{{EB1911|wstitle=Glenelg, Charles Grant|volume=12|page=121}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-grant | Charles Grant }}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|uk}}<br /> {{s-bef| before = [[Peter Baillie]] }}<br /> {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for [[Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness Burghs]]<br /> | years = [[1811 Inverness Burghs by-election|1811]]–[[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]] }}<br /> {{s-aft| after = [[George Cumming (politician)|George Cumming]] }}<br /> <br /> {{s-bef| before = [[Charles Grant (British East India Company)|Charles Grant]] }}<br /> {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]]<br /> | years = [[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]]–[[1835 United Kingdom general election|1835]] }}<br /> {{s-aft| after = [[Alexander William Chisholm (MP)|Alexander William Chisholm]] }}<br /> <br /> {{s-off}}<br /> {{succession box | before=[[Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet|Robert Peel]] | title=[[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] | years=1818–1821 | after=[[Henry Goulburn]]}}<br /> {{succession box | before=[[Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace|Thomas Wallace]] | title=[[Vice-President of the Board of Trade]] | after=[[Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet|Thomas Frankland Lewis]] | years=1823–1828}}<br /> <br /> {{s-bef| rows = 2 | before = [[William Huskisson]] }}<br /> {{s-ttl| title = [[President of the Board of Trade]]<br /> | years = 1827–1828 }}<br /> {{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey|William Vesey-FitzGerald]] }}<br /> {{s-ttl| title = [[Treasurer of the Navy]]<br /> | years = 1827–1828 }}<br /> <br /> {{succession box | before=[[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Lord Ellenborough]] | title=[[President of the Board of Control]] | years=1830–1834 | after=[[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Lord Ellenborough]]}}<br /> {{succession box | before=[[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|The Earl of Aberdeen]] | title=[[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]] | years=1835–1839 | after=[[Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|The Marquess of Normanby]]}}<br /> <br /> {{s-reg|uk}}<br /> {{s-new|creation}}<br /> {{s-ttl|title= Baron Glenelg |years=1835–1866}}<br /> {{s-non|reason=Extinct}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{EB1911 article with no significant updates}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenelg, Charles Grant, 1st Baron}}<br /> [[Category:1778 births]]<br /> [[Category:1866 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:18th-century Scottish people]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Scottish politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:Presidents of the Board of Control]]<br /> [[Category:British Secretaries of State]]<br /> [[Category:Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies]]<br /> [[Category:Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912)]]<br /> [[Category:Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge]]<br /> [[Category:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]<br /> [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of Ireland]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1807–1812|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1812–1818|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1818–1820|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1820–1826|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1826–1830|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1830–1831|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1831–1832|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1832–1835|Grant, Charles]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs who were granted peerages]]<br /> [[Category:Chief Secretaries for Ireland]]<br /> [[Category:Presidents of the Board of Trade]]<br /> [[Category:Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV]]</div> 86.159.76.24