James Macpherson Grant
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James Macpherson Grant (1822 – 1 April 1885) was an Australian solicitor who defended the Eureka Stockade rebels and a politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Victorian Legislative Council.
Grant was born at Alvie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, son of Louis Grant and his wife Isabella, née McBean. His sister Annie, was to marry the encyclopaedist David Blair.
- Serle, Percival (1949). . Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Geoffrey Bartlett, 'Grant, James Macpherson (1822–1885)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 283–284. Retrieved 21 April 2013
| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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| New creation | Member for Sandhurst 1855–1856 Served alongside: Robert Benson | Seat abolished |
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| New creation | Member for Sandhurst 1856–1859 | Succeeded byJohn Henderson Robert Howard |
| New creation | Member for Avoca 1859–1870 Served alongside: George Evans (1856–61) Benjamin George Davies (1861–80) | Succeeded byPeter Finn Benjamin George Davies |
| Peter Finn Benjamin George Davies | Member for Avoca 1871–1885 Served alongside: Benjamin George Davies | Succeeded byThomas Langdon George Enright Bourchier |