James Murray Grant, 12th of Glenmoriston, (1792–1868) was a Scottish Highland chieftain and laird of Glenmoriston. The son of Lt.-Col. John Grant, 10th of Glenmoriston (1762–1801) and Elizabeth Townsend Grant (1765–1814), he succeeded his brother Patrick as chieftain of the Grants of Glenmoriston in 1808.[1]
Grant married his cousin Henrietta Cameron (1788–1871), daughter of Ewen Cameron, 13th of Glen Nevis and Helen Grant (daughter of the 9th laird of Glenmoriston), on 5 October 1813. They had four children.[2]
He held the office of Deputy lieutenant for Inverness-shire, and was also a Justice of the peace. He inherited the Moy estate on the death of his cousin, Hugh Grant of Moy. He died on 8 August 1868 at Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was succeeded by his grandson, Iain Robert James Murray Grant, 13th of Glenmoriston (1860–1953).