'Business affairs of an eighteenth century Lowland laird. Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, 1696-1778' in T M Devine (ed), Scottish Elites. Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar, University of Strathclyde, 1991-1992

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'Among the leading legal families of the early eighteenth century is that of Grant of Monymusk in Aberdeenshire [where they had an estate]. The object of this case study is to examine the affairs of one of this family, Sir Archibald Grant, 2696-1778, the second baronet ... in order to ascertain the nature of his financial and business activities and to set them within the context of the elite society in which he operated'. Deals with his various business activities - some 'murky' - especially in the 1720s and 30s, with many being conducted through London, where he was sometime an MP, and Edinburgh. Describes his contacts and network and the businesses with which he became connected through investment and sometimes management, eg York Buildings Co; Charitable Corp for the Relief of the Industrious Poor through which he lost most of his fortune; Scottish Mines Corp. Also his silent partnership with William Adam, father of the Adam brothers, architects