The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Grant, Alexander
Grant, Alexander
, Farmer, “Mount Grandview,” Lower Shotover. Mr Grant was born in 1846, at Ca-brach, Aberdeen, Scotland, and was brought up to farming. He came to Port Chalmers in 1870 by the ship “William Davie,” and started shepherding at Glenorchy station, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, and afterwards managed the station for Messrs Butement Brothers for some years. Mr Grant bought “Mount Grandview “in 1878, and has resided there ever since. The property consists
of about 500 acres, and is devoted chiefly to sheepfarming. Mr Grant is an elder of the Frankton Presbyterian church, and was for some years a member of the Lower Shotover school committee. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of the late Mr John Geddes, of Morayshire, Scotland, and has two sons and five daughters.