industrialist
Scottish biscuit manufacturer and benefactor (1864-1937)
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Join the roomSir Alexander Grant, 1st Baronet was a Scottish businessman, biscuit manufacturer and philanthropist. He was managing director of McVitie and Price Ltd., developed the recipe of the McVitie's digestive biscuit, and gave an endowment of £200,000 to help establish the National Library of Scotland.