Grant, MRS ANNE,

Grant, MRS ANNE, a miscellaneous writer, whose works were among the first to draw public attention to the romantic scenery and peculiar manners of the Scottish Highlands, was born in Glasgow, 21st February 1755. She was the daughter of a British officer, Duncan M'Vicar, who became barrack-master of Fort-Augustus. She married in 1779 the Rev. James Grant, formerly chaplain of the fort, minister of Laggan. Left a widow in destitute circumstances in 1801, Mrs Grant published by subscription a volume of Poems (1803), which were well received; Letters from the Mountains (1806), a highly popular work; Memoirs of an American Lady (1808); Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland (1811), &c. In 1825 she received a pension of £100 a year, and by legacy from Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls, she enjoyed a similar annuity. She died on 7th November 1838. A memoir of her life, and a selection from her correspondence, forming a continuation of her Letters from the Mountains, were edited by her son, J. P. Grant, in 1844.