Michael Charles Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (born 1947) is a British nobleman possessing the only French colonial title recognized by the Monarch of Canada, currently his third cousin, Charles III.
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Assumption of title and royal connection
He assumed the Canadian title of Baron of Longueuil in 2004 upon the death of his father, Raymond Grant, in Navarrenx, near Pau, France.
He is related to the monarch through his grandmother, Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon. She was first cousin to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The baron was a second cousin, once removed, to Queen Elizabeth II.
Career, art and residence
A medical practitioner, Grant de Longueuil has interests in palliative medicine, working for 13 years at Hayward House. His interest in pain control led him to take a degree in clinical hypnosis.