Francis Chapman Grant
Introduction Francis Chapman Grant'''Francis Chapman Grant''' (1823 – 1889 or 1894) was a merchant in the Gold Coast. His nephew was the football player Arthur Wharton, and his grandson was the merchant and politician Paa Grant.
Biography Son of a British father from Scotland and an African mother, Grant was educated in the United States, where according to one story he was a schoolboy contemporary of Ulysses Grant, while he is also listed as his cousin. He became a schoolteacher in his father's native United Kingdom before becoming a merchant in Cape Coast. He was chairman of the Cold Coast Native Concessions Purchasing Company, and from 1858 a member of the Cape Coast Town Council. He played a role as a founding member, Honorary Treasurer and vice-president of the 1867–74 Fante Confederation, and served as an extraordinary and unofficial member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council in 1863–66, 1869, 1871, 1873 and 1887.A member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, he was a local preacher. He was owner of the ''Gold Coast Times'', a weekly newspaper.His nephew was Arthur Wharton, the first black professional football player, and his surviving relatives include Hilda Prah (''née'' Abban), David Prah-Annan, Sefa Gohoho of Songhai Africa and ''Canoe Africa Luxury Magazine''.
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