Alexander (Marshall) Grant

Dancer and director, born in Wellington, New Zealand. A scholarship took him to London and the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, where he was to spend his entire dancing career. A soloist by 1949, he became best known for such character roles as Bottom in Frederick Ashton's The Dream (1964). He was director of the Royal Ballet's offshoot, Ballet For All (1971–5), and director of the National Ballet of Canada (1976–83).

Alexander Grant (20 May 1734 – 8 May 1813) was a British Army officer, businessman and politician in Upper Canada.

He began to build his own vessels essentially selling them to himself at a considerable profit.

However, in the course of the revolution Grant lost much of his income with the loss of 12,000 acres (49 km²) of land he owned in New York and the end of his participation in private shipping.

Grant recovered, however, and rose to a position of prominence in civil society being appointed a justice of the peace in 1786 and to a succession of governmental and political positions in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

In August 1805, Grant became administrator of Upper Canada on the death of Lieutenant-Governor Peter Hunter and continued Hunter's policies until a new lieutenant governor, Francis Gore, arrived from Britain in August 1806.