James Alexander Grant AM (31 August 1931 – 10 July 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop who was the Dean of Melbourne from 1985 to 1999.
[1] Grant was educated at the University of Melbourne where he took a BA(Hons) in history.
[5] Grant was also chaplain of Trinity College from 1970 to 1975 and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1985–99.
[2] Grant collaborated with Geoffrey Serle in the publication of The Melbourne Scene (1957), is the author of the centenary history of Trinity College, Perspective of a Century (1972), and a history of Anglicans in Victoria, Episcopally Led and Synodically Governed: Anglicans in Victoria 1803–1997 (2010).
His widow is Rowena Armstrong AO QC, a former Victorian Chief Parliamentary Counsel.