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John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart

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The Earl of Dysart
Born(1946-10-22)22 October 1946
Great Britain
Title13th Earl of Dysart
PredecessorKatherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart
SpousePhilippa Chance
Parents

John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart DL FRGS FRSGS (born 22 October 1946), styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, also known as Johnnie Grant,[1] is a Scottish peer and landowner.

Biography

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Dysart is the son of Lt Col John Peter Grant, MBE 16th of Rothiemurchus, and his wife Lady Katherine, née Greaves.

Dysart was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Inverness-shire in 1986,[2] and succeeded his father as 'of Rothiemurchus', in the Cairngorms, in 1987. He has held office in a number of co-operative, land management, nature and conservation organisations since 1975 and was President of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland from 1996[3] to 2006.[4] In 2003, his mother Lady Katherine succeeded her elder sister, Lady Rosamund, as Countess of Dysart. Upon her death in 2011, Dysart inherited her titles.

Together with his son James, he is responsible for Rothiemurchus, in the Scottish Highlands, including part of Rothiemurchus Forest and Braeriach, which at 4252 ft (1296 m) is the third highest mountain in Britain. The 13th Earl's wife was killed following a collision with a coach in 2022.[5]

Marriage and issue

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In 1971, Dysart married Philippa Chance MBE (16 August 1949 – 16 September 2022), by whom he has three children:[3]

  • Louisa Katherine Lindsay (b. 1975)
  • James Patrick Grant, (b. 1977)
  • Alexandra Rose Grant (b. 1985)

The Countess of Dysart was awarded an MBE for services to NHS Scotland. She also had a long and close involvement with rural development in the North of Scotland, particularly through community action. She was a founder and director of Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise Co. Ltd. The character Molly in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen was based on the countess. She was killed in an automobile accident in 2022.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Our Team Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine - website of Rothiemurchus
  2. ^ "No. 50655". The London Gazette. 15 September 1986. p. 11959.
  3. ^ a b Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain. Burke's Peerage. p. 555.
  4. ^ "Zoo picks up 'ambassador' to raise interest in conservation". scotsman.com. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Family tribute to Countess of Dysart killed in A9 crash". BBC News. 19 September 2022.
  6. ^ "The Countess of Dysart obituary". The Times. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
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Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Dysart
2011–present
Incumbent