Andrew Grant (MP)

Andrew Grant (13 June 1830 – 23 October 1924) was a Scottish merchant and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1885.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs at a by-election in 1878, holding the seat for the Liberals, with a majority of 3141.

[6] Grant died at Pitcorthie House, on 23 October 1924 and was buried at Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (Compartment “B” Number 7) next to the memorials to his parents and to his brother, Colin.

His published will in respect of his £607,000 unsettled estate, revealed that he had left in the region of £350,000 for the foundation of what he stipulated was to be known as The Andrew Grant Bequest, to benefit students of Edinburgh College of Art, in the form of travelling scholarships.

[3] She was the daughter of Joseph Townsend, of 15 Grosvenor Terrace in Glasgow, a manufacturing chemist with a large premises in Port Dundas.