Robert Patterson Grant (April 12, 1814 – November 13, 1892) was a Scottish

Scotland

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-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Canada. He sat for Pictou division in the Senate of Canada from 1877 to 1892.

He was born in Inverness

Inverness

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, the son of Lewis Grant, and educated at the Inverness Royal Academy. Grant came to Canada in 1833, moving to Nova Scotia in 1835. In 1840, he married Annie Carmichael. Grant was president of the Pictou Bank. He represented the East Region of Pictou County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1859 to 1863 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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. Grant died in office at the age of 78.