Charles Grant (British Army officer) Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, retiring from that posting in 1940. He was also Honorary Colonel of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry from 1930 to 1946. He owned and lived much of his life at Pitchford Hall in Shropshire. He was married in 1903 to Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose (1879–1955), eldest daughter of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who had served as British Prime Minister from 1894 to 1895. They had one son, Charles Robert Archibald Grant, who married Pamela Wellesley (born 1912), a granddaughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington. Grant died at
Acting prime minister is on vacation, or is in ill health. In the early 20th century, when travel by ship was still the norm, it was not uncommon for there to be an acting Prime Minister for months on end. The deputy Prime Minister is usually designated as the acting Prime Minister, although another senior member of the government may fill the role if both the Prime Minister and deputy Prime Minister are unavailable. An acting Prime Minister is required quite frequently – for instance, between 3 December 2007 and 23 February 2009 (during Kevin Rudd's first term), Julia Gillard acted as Prime