John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart

John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart, DL (born 22 October 1946), styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, also known as Johnnie Grant,[1] is a Scottish peer, landowner and conservationist. He owns the Rothiemurchus estate, including Rothiemurchus Forest, in the Scottish Highlands.

Dysart is the son of Lt Col John Peter Grant, MBE 16th of Rothiemurchus, and his wife Lady Katherine, née Greaves. In 1971, Dysart married Philippa Chance MBE (sister of the famous countertenor Michael Chance), by whom he has three children:[2]

Dysart was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Inverness-shire in 1986,[3] and succeeded his father as 'of Rothiemurchus', in the Cairngorms, in 1987. He has held office in a number of nature, land ownership, and conservation organizations since 1989, and was president of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland from 1996[2] 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.

References

  1. ↑ Our Team Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine. - website of Rothiemurchus
  2. 1 2 Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain. Burke's Peerage. p. 555.
  3. ↑ "No. 50655". The London Gazette. 15 September 1986. p. 11959.
  4. ↑ "Zoo picks up 'ambassador' to raise interest in conservation". scotsman.com. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Katherine Grant		 Earl of Dysart
2011–present 		Incumbent


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