▁ ▁Gallery ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Official ▁website ▁▁▁ ▁Category : M unicip al ities ▁of ▁North ▁Holland ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁North ▁Holland <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁Alexander ▁C ray ▁Grant , ▁ 8 th ▁Baron et ▁( 1 3 ▁November ▁ 1 7 8 2 ▁– ▁ 2 9 ▁November ▁ 1 8 5 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁politician ▁and ▁plant ation ▁owner ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 2 ▁in ▁West ▁Al ving ton , ▁Dev on , ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁of ▁Sir ▁Alexander ▁Grant , ▁ 7 th ▁Baron et ▁and ▁Sarah ▁C ray . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁St ▁John ' s ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 ▁with ▁a ▁Master ▁of ▁Arts ▁( MA ). ▁He ▁entered ▁politics ▁in ▁J ama ica , ▁where ▁he ▁owned ▁two ▁plant ations , ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁J ama ican ▁colonial ▁assembly ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 1 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁England ▁where ▁he ▁successfully ▁stood ▁as ▁a ▁T ory ▁Member ▁of ▁Parliament ▁for ▁T reg ony ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁MP ▁for ▁Lost with iel , ▁and ▁was ▁re - elect ed ▁there ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 8 2 6 , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁elected ▁to ▁Ald borough ▁which ▁he ▁chose ▁to