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Engraving of Sir James Grant of Grant, by John Kay

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Engraving of Sir James Grant of Grant, by John Kay
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Sir James was M.P. for Moray and later for Banff. He is shown in front of one of the regiments he raised and commanded, either the Grant or the Strathspey Fencibles, raised in 1793 and 1794 respectively. He lived between 1738 - 1811.

Fencible regiments were raised for the defence of the British Isles in the face of the threat of invasion by Napoleon: the word is short for 'defencible'. They were forerunners of the Territorial Army.

John Kay was born near Edinburgh in 1742. A keen artist from childhood, he was a barber until 1785 when he became a full-time engraver and painter of miniatures. His portraits of Edinburgh characters are vivid and unmistakable.

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