Francis Chapman Grant

His nephew was the football player Arthur Wharton,[3] and his grandson was the merchant and politician Paa Grant.

[5] He became a schoolteacher in his father's native United Kingdom before becoming a merchant in Cape Coast.

[1] He played a role as a founding member, Honorary Treasurer and vice-president of the 1867–74 Fante Confederation, and served as an extraordinary and unofficial member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council in 1863–66, 1869, 1871, 1873 and 1887.

[3] His nephew was Arthur Wharton, the first black professional football player, and his surviving relatives include Hilda Prah (née Abban), David Prah-Annan, Sefa Gohoho of Songhai Africa and Canoe Africa Luxury Magazine.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This Ghanaian biographical article is a stub.

Francis Chapman Grant