Duncan Grant
(1885-1978)

Died aged 93

Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. He was a grandson of Sir John Peter Grant, 12th Laird of Rothiemurchus, KCB, GCMG, sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Grant was also the first cousin twice removed of John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart (b. 1946).

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member of Bloomsbury Group

Commemorated on 2 plaques

Bloomsbury Group Members Virginia Woolf Duncan Grant Adrian Stephen Leonard Woolf & John Maynard Keynes lived in a house on this site 1911-1912 UCL School of Pharmacy

38 Brunswick Square, London, United Kingdom where they was

Vanessa Bell 1879-1961 Duncan Grant 1885-1978 Artists lived and worked here

46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, Camden, London, United Kingdom where they was