Charles Grant

'Of Essex', awarded one-third of the compensation for the Amsterdam estate in British Guiana, which had belonged to his father James Grant (d. 1822) and his uncle Peter Grant (both of whom q.v.). In his father's will (made in 1820) he was described as 'merchant of the City of Antwerp.'

1. Charles Grant aged 59 born St Vincent landed proprietor living at Ingatestone Essex in 1851 with his wife Elizabeth and three servants. Death of Charles Grant aged 84 registered Q4 1876 at Chelmsford Essex. Will of Charles Grant late of Mill Green near Ingatestone Essex who died 16/11/1876 proved 18/12/1876 by nephew Charles Tindal Pickford, effects under £9000.

T71/1259: shows Charles Grant residing in the county of Essex, England. Charles Grant was the son of James and the nephew of Peter. Letter, dated 16/11/1835, from Porter & Nelson, states that Charles Grant has no interest in the two-thirds of the estate of which N.C. Tindall was trustee ('which belong to the Chief Justice'). 'It is not necessary that we should trouble you with the particulars of the Trusts declared by the Will.'

1. 1851 census online; Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Free BMD Death Index, 1837-1915 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1876 .