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support his afflictions and disappointments, by affording him a quiet and secure 
asylum, as well as a share in that fortune which had been acquired by a part of what 
had been saved from their common ruin. 
The Baron Grant was content to enjoy these advantages, at the same time that 
he continued in the service of his country; for the sale of his property on quitting 
the Isle* of France, produced only a few thousand pounds sterling; one half of 
which was taken from him on his passage to France. What he saved was employed 
by him to discharge the claims on the only estate which now remained of the ancient 
patrimony of his family. * 
On his departure from France, being only of the second branch of his family, (as 
the head of the first lived as long as himself, and died, without issue, in the same 
year with him), and not being in possession of any estate, as his father was yet 
alive, he thought himself fortunate in obtaining one, such as it was, among the An¬ 
tipodes. At the same time his marriage with Mademoiselle de Grenville, in 1746, 
attached him to it. But notwithstanding the loss which he sustained, and the mis¬ 
fortunes that afflicted him in his residence in the Isle of France, and on his return 
to Europe, he was disposed to forget them all, on arriving in his native country, and 
returning to his native home, after all the dangers which he had risked, and the 
troubles that he had suffered. 
Being at length settled on his own domain, he was truly sensible of the happiness 
that is to be found by living with persons who, by near relation and consanguinity, 
are formed to interest, in the tenderest manner, those minds which are susceptible of 
refined impressions. He accordingly occupied himself in the education of his chil¬ 
dren, as well as in cheering the age, and, as much as depended on him, in prolong¬ 
ing the life, of a most excellent mother, who died in his arms, at the very advanced 
age of ninety-two, twenty years after his return to France. 
But his attentions and regard were not confined to his domestic concerns and the 
care of his family. He had learned, in the office of J ustice of the Peace, which he 
had exercised in the Isle of France, how to conciliate the interests of men; and ne¬ 
cessity, as well as humanity, had induced him to acquire a knowledge of medicine; 
so that he was equally qualified to assist his tenants, his neighbours, and his friends, 
in their moral and physical infirmities; nor did he ever hesitate to employ these 
venerable functions, or refuse the time and expence which they required of him. 
* The estate of Vaux, in Normandy. 
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