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 Acting prime minister An acting Prime Minister is a cabinet member (often in Westminster system countries) who is serving in the role of Prime Minister, whilst the individual who normally holds the position is unable to do so. The role is often performed by the Deputy Prime Minister (where that position exists), or by another senior Minister. The office is commonly used when the Prime Minister is absent from the territory of that nation, when the Prime Minister is in ill health or, on maternity leave. An acting Prime Minister should be distinguished from a caretaker Prime Minister, which refers