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. References
Geoffrey Bartlett, 'Grant, James Macpherson (1822–1885)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 283–284. Retrieved 21 April 2013