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| chiefs name = The Rt. Hon. Michael Grant of
| chiefs title = The 7th [[Baron Strathspey|Lord Strathspey]]
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| historic seat = [[Castle Grant]]<ref name="Coventry"/>
| branches = [[Baron Strathspey|Grant of Grant]] (chiefs)<ref name="GLENMORISTON">[http://www.fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/HighlandClans/GrantG.htm CLAN GRANT OF GLENMORISTON] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912011923/http://www.fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/highlandclans/GrantG.htm |date=12 September 2015 }} fionamsinclair.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2015.</ref><br>[[Grant of Glenmoriston]] (senior cadets)<ref name="GLENMORISTON"/><br>Grant of Ballindalloch<ref name="GLENMORISTON"/><br>Grant of Rothiemurchus<ref name="GLENMORISTON"/><br>Grant of Carron<ref name="GLENMORISTON"/><br>Grant of Culcabuck<ref name="GLENMORISTON"/><br>See also:<br>[[Grant baronets]]
| Allied clans = [[Clan Gordon]]<br>[[Clan MacGregor]]<br>[[Clan Fraser of Lovat]]<br>[[Clan Campbell
| Rival clans = [[Clan Cameron]]<br>[[Clan Chisholm]]<br>[[Clan Comyn]]
}}
'''Clan Grant''' is a [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]] [[Scottish clan]], with one main branch, Grant of Grant
==History==
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===Origins===
=== Wars of Scottish Independence ===
During the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]], Clan Grant were supporters of [[William Wallace]], and John and Randolph Grant were captured at the [[Battle of Dunbar (1296)]].<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Grant"/> The Clan Grant later supported [[Robert the Bruce]] in competition for the Scottish Crown.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Grant"/> The victory of Robert the Bruce confirmed the Grants in their lands of Strathspey, where they became established Highland chiefs.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Grant"/>
The acquisition of [[Castle Grant]] occurred during the 14th century. Originally a [[Clan Cumming|Clan Comyn]] stronghold, tradition holds that the castle was taken from the Comyns by a combined force of Grants and MacGregors.<ref
===15th and 16th centuries===
The next available reference is of Duncan le Grant in 1434, and later, Sir Duncan Grant of Freuchie (Castle Grant), who inherited land in [[River Dulnain|Dulnain]] valley in upper Speyside from his mother, Matilda of Glencarnie. Her family had partially owned it since 1180, when the Crown gave Kinveachy (approximately ten miles southwest of Castle Grant) to [[Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn]].
By the 16th century the clan and its chief had become powerful enough to play a part in national politics.<ref name="Grant3"/> Their main allies being the [[Clan Gordon]], whose chief was the powerful [[Earl of Huntly]].<ref name="Grant3">{{cite book |last=Grant |first=Calum |year=1997 |title=The Grants |publisher=Lang Syne Publishers Ltd |page=15 |isbn=1-85217-048-4}}</ref>
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====1745 rising====
During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Chief of Clan Grant again supported the British Government, as did most of the Clan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pine |first=Leslie Gilbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARsJAQAAIAAJ
One branch of the Clan Grant, the [[Grant of Glenmoriston|Grants of Glenmoriston]], sided with the Jacobites during the '45. They fought at the [[Battle of Prestonpans]] in 1745 and are credited with winning the day due to their timely reinforcement. The Grant of Glenmoriston branch also fought as Jacobites at the [[Battle of Culloden]] in 1746 under the command of the [[James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth|Duke of Perth]]. Eighty-four Grants of Glenmoriston were captured at Culloden and were transported to [[Barbados]], in violation of their terms of surrender, where they were sold as indentured servants.<ref name="GrantTartan">{{cite book |chapter=The Clan of Grant |title=The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans |url=https://archive.org/details/scottishclansand00edin |year=1886 |edition=Library |location=Edinburgh and London |publisher=[[W. & A.K. Johnston & G.W. Bacon Ltd.]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/scottishclansand00edin/page/64/mode/2up 27] |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref>
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[[Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard]], which lies just outside the village of [[Duthil]], Inverness-shire, now serves as a ''Clan Grant Centre''. The site includes many memorials to clan members, such as [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] Sir [[Patrick Grant (Indian Army officer)|Patrick Grant]], {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCMG}} (1804–1895), as well as a mausoleum of the [[Earl of Seafield|Earls of Seafield]].
During a visit to [[Winnipeg]], Canada in July 2012, the chief of Clan Grant declared that [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] leader [[Cuthbert Grant]] was a member of the clan. This created a new sept of Clan Grant in Canada.<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/scottish-clan-chiefs-visit-unites-grant-descendants-162502666.html "Scottish clan chief's visit unites Grant descendants] ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 15 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.</ref> Visitors came from as far away as Scotland as well as from the Yukon, Montana and Manitoba where Grant descendants settled to take part in events arranged for Lord Strathspey's time in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-05 |title=Canada's History
==Castles==
[[File:Castle Grant - geograph.org.uk - 576144.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Castle Grant]], former seat of the chief of Clan Grant]]
*[[Castle Grant]] was the seat of the Chief of Clan Grant.<ref name="Coventry">{{cite book |last=Coventry |first=Martin |year=2008 |title=Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans |location=[[Musselburgh]] |publisher=Goblinshead |pages=241–243 |isbn=978-1-899874-36-1}}</ref>
*[[Muckrach Castle]] was the seat of the Grants of [[Rothiemurchus]].<ref name="Fraprie">{{cite book |last1=Fraprie |first1=Frank Roy |title=The Castles and Keeps of Scotland |date=1907 |location=Boston |publisher=L.C. Page & company |url=https://archive.org/details/castleskeepsofsc00fraprich/page/80/mode/2up |oclc=1041579815 |page=82 |via=archive.org}}</ref>
*[[Urquhart Castle]] owned by the Clan Grant from 1509,<ref name="Coventry"/> to 1912.
*[[Ballindalloch Castle]] was owned by the Grants from 1499 onwards.<ref name="Coventry"/>
*[[Loch an Eilein]] Castle, near [[Aviemore]] came into the possession of the Grants in 1567.
==Chief==
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==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://archive.org/details/rulersofstrathsp00cass The Rulers of Strathspey, a history of the lairds of Grant and the Earls of Seafield, 1911, by the Earl of Cassilis]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064958/http://www.canadashistory.ca/GrantReunion GrantReunion]
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[[Category:Clan Grant|Clan Grant]]
[[Category:Gaelic families of Norse descent]]
[[Category:Scottish clans|Grant]]
[[Category:Scoto-Norman clans]]
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