Record ID:
35983775 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 85217852
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1701
Death:
  • 17640523
  • Bath (England)
Associated with:
  • Scotland Elgin (Scotland)
Occupations:
  • Lawyers Legislators Judges
Used for:
  • Britannicus, 1701-1764
  • Grant, W. (William), Lord Prestongrange, 1701-1764
  • Grant, Will. (William), Lord Prestongrange, 1701-1764
  • Grant, William, Lord Prestongrange, 1701-1764
See also:
Notes:
  • Data provided by the ESTC/BL
  • Old catalog hdg.: Prestongrange, William Grant, Lord, 1701?-1764
  • His The present state of the Church of Scotland, 1736 (name not given)
  • The faculty of advocates in Scotland, 1944 (Grant, William, of Prestongrange; bapt. 4 May 1701; d. 23 May 1764; M.P., Lord Advocate; 1754 Lord of Session as Lord Prestongrange)
  • LC in RLIN, 10-26-87 (hdg.: Prestongrange, William Grant Lord, 1701?-1764)
  • Bank of Scotland. The Governor and Company of the Royal Bank of Scotland ... [MI] 1729: p. 3 (Will. Grant)
  • Matthew Bogle, and William Robb, plaintiffs in error. His Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland, for his Majesty's interest, defendant in error. On a writ of error brought, returnable in Parliament, upon a judgement in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. The case of defendant in error, 1753: p. 3 (signed at end: W. Grant)
  • Wikipedia 14 April 2020: (William Grant, Lord Prestongrange (1701 – 23 May 1764), was a Scottish politician and judge. Grant was procurator for the Church of Scotland and Clerk to the General Assembly in 1731. He campaigned against patronage in the Church. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1737 and promoted to Lord Advocate in 1746. He was appointed a Lord of Session and Justiciary as Lord Prestongrange in 1754, and a Commissioner of annexed estates in 1755. He was elected as member of Parliament for the Elgin burghs and sat 1747-1754, until appointed a judge. He died at Bath.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant,_Lord_Prestongrange
Local system number:
  • 000000989459
  • abv06079063
Cataloguing source:
  • Uk/ESTC-NA eng rda DLC DLC NN DLC VJTL