Grant (Robert) is born on Beacon Hill.

Robert Grant graduates from Boston Latin School and Harvard College, where he also receives his doctorate and law degree. After practicing law, he embarks on a career writing about Boston social life. He lives at 104 Marlborough Street. Appointed a probate judge in 1893, retires 30 years later, then serves on the committee that reviews the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927.* Grant dies in Boston on May 19, 1940.