Lady Lucy Grant
(1806-1881)
7 March 1861

Volume 2, page 273, sitting number 2384.

Identified in the Silvy daybooks as 'Lady Lucie Grant,' this is probably the daughter of General Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine. Born Lady Lucy Bruce, she married John Grant on 14 March 1828. She died on 5 September 1881, at the age of 75.

A short announcement of her death appeared in the Lichfield Mercury (9 September 1881): 'We regret to have to record the death of Lady Lucy Grant, which occurred at her residence, Ebenezer House, Regent's Park, on Sunday last. The deceased lady was the daughter of the 7th and aunt of the present Earl of Elgin.'

A report on her funeral that appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News a few days later (12 September 1881) furnished a few more biographical details: 'On Saturday the remains of Lady Lucy Grant, who died in London on the 5th inst., were interred in the family vault at Kilgraston, Bridge-of-Earn. Besides friends of the deceased, the funeral was attended by a large representation of the tenants from the estate, residents in the district, and village school children. The grave was lined with flowers and evergreens, and on the coffin, which was borne to the grave by several tenants on the estate, was placed a large number of beautiful wreaths. Yesterday, in the Dunbarney Parish Church, reference was made to the loss sustained by the death of Lady Lucy. Her ladyship was the third daughter of the seventh Earl of Elgin and his wife Mary Hamilton Nisbet. She was born on the 20th January, 1806, and in 1828 was married to Mr John Grant of Kilgraston, by whom she had a large family, five of whom survive her. Mr C. T. C. Grant, her second son, the present laird of Kilgraston, is well known for the prominent part, since his father's death in 1872, he has taken in the management of the affairs of the county; and Miss Grant, the eldest daughter of the deceased, occupies a prominent position in the art world as a sculptor, and was recently commissioned by her Majesty to execute a bust of the late Dean Stanley. Lady Lucy left Kilgraston in 1873, when the mansion house was burned down, afterwards taking up her residence in London. She was much respected in Bridge of Earn for her generosity and kindness to the poor and the interest she took in the welfare of the young.'