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[[File:SirRobertGrant.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sir Robert Grant.]]
'''Sir Robert Grant''' [[Royal Guelphic Order|GCH]] (1779 – 9 July 1836) was a British lawyer and politician.

==Life==
Robert Grant was born in [[India]], the son of [[Charles Grant (British East India Company)|Charles Grant]], chairman of the Directors of the [[Honourable East India Company]], and younger brother of [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg|Charles Grant, later Lord Glenelg]]. Returning home with their father in 1790, the two brothers were entered as students of [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], in 1795. In 1801 Charles was fourth [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|wrangler]] and senior Chancellor's medallist; Robert was third wrangler and second Chancellor's medallist.<ref>{{acad|id=GRNT795R|name=Grant, Robert}}</ref>

Grant was [[called to the bar]] the same day as his brother, 30 January 1807, and entered into legal practice, becoming King's Sergeant in the Court of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], and one of the [[Commissioner of Bankruptcy (England and Wales)|Commissioners in Bankruptcy]]. He was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Elgin Burghs]] in 1818, and for the [[Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness Burghs]] in 1826. The latter constituency he represented for four years. In 1830 and 1831, he was returned for [[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]], and in 1832 for [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury]]. He advocated for the removal of the [[Disabilities (Jewish)|disabilities]] of the Jews, and twice carried bills on the subject through the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. They were, however, rejected in the [[House of Lords|Upper House]], which did not yield on the question until 1858, twenty years after Grant's death. In 1832 he became [[Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)|Judge Advocate General]], and in 1834 was appointed [[Governor of Bombay]]. As governor, Grant was a law unto himself and under his rule a multitude of large-scale projects were pushed forward which were to transform the shape of British policy in the East. He was a key player in the decision [[Aden Expedition|to occupy Aden]], which was carried out shortly after his death.<ref>R. J. Gavin, ''Aden Under British Rule, 1839–1967'', Barnes & Noble, 1975, p. 29 and following.</ref>

He died at [[Dapodi]], near to [[Poona]] on 9 July 1838.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |first=Sumitra |last=Kulkarni |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-17099-581-4 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA27}}</ref>

==Works==
In his younger days Grant published an essay on the trade and government of India, and a sketch of the early history of the [[British East India Company]]. He was the author of a volume of sacred poems, which was edited and published after his death by his brother, Lord Glenelg. This volume includes some hymns; his best known hymn is "O Worship the King",<ref>[https://ccel.org/a/anonymous/luth_hymnal/tlh017.htm Oh, Worship the King] (full text); this hymn is set to [http://lutherantacoma.com/hymns/017.mp3 Hanover] (mp3 is organ only; four verses)</ref> based on [[Psalm 104]]. Another hymn is "Savior, When in Dust to Thee."<ref>[https://ccel.org/a/anonymous/luth_hymnal/tlh166.htm Savior, When in Dust to Thee] (text omits stanza three of the Gran's version. The omitted stanza begins, "By the sacred griefs that wept / O'er the grave where Lazarus slept;). This hymn is set to [http://lutherantacoma.com/hymns/166.mp3 Spanish Chant] (mp3 is organ only; four verses)</ref>

==Legacy==
[[Grant Medical College]], the oldest [[medical college]] in [[Mumbai]], India, is named after Robert Grant, as are Grant Road and Grant Road Station in the same city.

==Family==
Grant married Margaret, only daughter of Sir David Davidson of Cantray, with issue two sons and two daughters:

* Sir Charles Grant, K.C.S.I, formerly a Member of Council in India;
* Colonel Robert Grant, R.E., Deputy Adjutant General;
* Sibylla Sophia, married to [[Granville Ryder (1833–1901)|Granville Ryder]], Esq.; and
* Constance Charemile, who died in childhood.

Ten years after his death, Margaret married [[Lord Josceline Percy|Josceline Percy]], second son of [[George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland|the Earl of Beverley]], with issue one son, George Algernon, born in 1849, who later became Capt. and Lt. Col. of the Grenadier Guards.

==References==
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'''Attribution'''
{{source-attribution|''The Northern Highlands in the nineteenth century'' (1907) by James Barron}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/highlands/appendixb.htm "Note B: The Anglo-Indian Grants: Charles Grant", Appendix, The Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century, Electric Scotland]
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* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-robert-grant | Robert Grant }}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Sir Robert Grant |birth=1779 |death=1838 |sopt=t}}
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