Johnson Grant (1773–1844) was a Scottish priest of the Church of England. He was alleged to be an evangelical early in his ministry,[1] but his mature written works lampooned evangelicals in vitriolic fashion[2] and modern scholarship views Grant as a High churchman.[3]
He was born at Edinburgh, the son of Dr Gregory Grant and Mary, daughter of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (son of Francis Grant, Lord Cullen). He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, on 21 October 1795, and took his degree of BA in 1799, and MA in 1805.[4]
In 1809 Grant moved to London, as curate of Hornsey, and then of and St Pancras.[1] in Middlesex. Through the interest of Majendie, he was presented to the living of Binbrooke St. Mary, Lincolnshire, in 1818, and to the incumbency of Kentish Town, London, in 1822, where he remained till his death on 4 December 1844.[4] The Jesuit priest Ignatius Grant (1820–1904), originally Johnson Grant, was his son.[5][6]