Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (born 1947) is a British nobleman possessing the only French colonial title recognized by the Monarch of Canada, currently his third cousin, Charles III.
Assumption of title and royal connection He assumed the Canadian title of Baron of Longueuil in 2004 upon the death of his father, Raymond Grant, in Navarrenx, near Pau, France.
He is related to the monarch through his grandmother, Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon. She was first cousin to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The baron was a second cousin, once removed, to Queen Elizabeth II.
Career, art and residence A medical practitioner, Grant de Longueuil has interests in palliative medicine, working for 13 years at Hayward House. His interest in pain control led him to take a degree in clinical hypnosis.
Family Grant de Longueuil has been married twice.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 101st edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1956, p. 2389.
His first wife was Isabel Padua, born in the Philippines and of mixed Spanish and Filipino origin.Philippine Genealogical Society, Biographical Register of Filipino Families of Spanish Descent, vol. 4 (1998). Together, they have three daughters: Angela (b. 1974), a dance instructor;Angela Grant Dance, "About Angela". https://angelagrantdance.co.uk/about-angela/ Rachel (b. 1977), an actress;Sud Ouest, « Rachel Grant, sa passion du gave », 2023. https://www.sudouest.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques/navarrenx/navarrenx-64-rachel-grant-sa-passion-du-gave-3328568.php and Rebecca (b. 1982), also an actress.
His second wife is Susan Casey, daughter of the BBC comedy writer and producer James Casey.BBC Written Archives Centre, James Casey – Production Files and Biographical Notes. They have one son, David Grant (b. 1984), heir apparent to the noble title of his father.Debrett’s, Barony of Longueuil. https://debretts.com/directories/other-titles-2/barony-de-longueuil/
Family seat The Barons de Longueuil have not lived in Canada for several generations, having lived in United Kingdom, France, and the Philippines.Rachel Grant biography
The original seigneury was sold in the early 1800s. The Kingston home of the barons, Alwington House, was sold out of the family in 1910.Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 52, p. 54 In 1993, the current baron and his wife visited the Longueuil Castle or Ardath Castle grounds on Wolfe Island, Ontario, without making any claim to them.Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, pp. 61–62 Ardath Castle had been in the family as early as 1795, when the Grant family purchased lands in the area.Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 50
Ancestry
See also Baron de Longueuil Canadian Hereditary Peers Canadian titles debate City of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
References
External links Site with information on the Barons de Longueuil (in French)
recognized by the Crown in right of Canada