Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil

For other people named Michael Grant, see Michael Grant (disambiguation).

Michael Charles Grant
12th Baron de Longueuil
Shield of the coat of arms
Born
Michael Grant de Longueuil

1947 (age 77–78)
Occupation(s)Medical practitioner, painter
SpousesIsabel Padua
Susan Casey, Janet Wells
ChildrenAngela, Rachel, Rebecca, David Alexander
Parent(s)Raymond Grant de Longueuil and Anne Maltby

Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (born 1947) is a 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 title of Baron de 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. Since retiring from full-time work, he has started painting. He has a studio in the South of France in Navarrenx.

Family

Grant de Longueuil married Isabel Padua,[1] born in the Philippines and of mixed Spanish and Filipino origin. Together, they have three children:

  • Angela (born 1974), director of The Angela Grant School of Dance, London;
  • Rachel (born 1976), an actress and TV presenter;
  • Rebecca (born 1982), an actress, dancer and singer.

His second wife is Susan Casey, daughter of the BBC comedy writer and producer James Casey. They have one son:

  • David Alexander (born 1984), a geologist, mountaineer and expedition leader.[2]

Family seat

The Barons de Longueuil have not lived in Canada for several generations, having lived in Britain and France and, in the 1970s, in Luzon, Philippines.[3]

The original seigneury was sold[4] in the early 1800s. The Kingston home of the barons, Alwington House, was sold out of the family in 1910.[5] 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.[6] Ardath Castle had been in the family as early as 1795, when the Grant family purchased lands in the area.[7]

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Grant". IMDb.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 101st edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1956, p. 2389
  3. ^ Rachel Grant biography Archived February 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Barbara Wall La Rocque, Kenneth S. (FRW) Keyes, Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone (2009), p. 52
  5. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 52, p. 54
  6. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, pp. 61–62
  7. ^ Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone, p. 50
French nobility
recognized by the Crown in right of Canada
Preceded by Baron de Longueuil
2004- 		Incumbent