John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart

John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart DL FRGS FRSGS (born 22 October 1946), styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, also known as Johnnie Grant,^[1] is a Scottish peer and landowner. Together with his son James, he is responsible for Rothiemurchus, in the Scottish Highlands, including part of Rothiemurchus Forest and Braeriach, which at 4252 ft (1296 m) is the third highest mountain in Britain.

Dysart is the son of Lt Col John Peter Grant, MBE 16th of Rothiemurchus, and his wife Lady Katherine, née Greaves. In 1971, Dysart married Philippa Chance MBE (sister of the countertenor Michael Chance CBE), by whom he has three children:^[2]

• Lady Louisa Katherine Lindsay (b. 1975)
• James Patrick Grant, Lord Huntingtower (b. 1977)
• Lady Alexandra Rose Grant (b. 1985)

Dysart was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Inverness-shire in 1986,^[3] and succeeded his father as 'of Rothiemurchus', in the Cairngorms, in 1987. He has held office in a number of co-operative, land management, nature and conservation organisations since 1975 and was President of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland from 1996^[2] to 2006.^[4] In 2003, his mother Lady Katherine succeeded her elder sister, Lady Rosamund, as Countess of Dysart. Upon her death in 2011, Dysart inherited her titles.

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• Rothiemurchus estate