Sarawak is a country in the Island of Borneo. In 1842 the Sultan of Brunei ceded sovereignty of Sarawak to James Brooke in gratitude for his assistance in crushing a rebellion.

With the expansion of the British Empire and the rapid improvements in travel by carriage, rail and ship in the nineteenth century, the men and women of the family Grant visited numerous countries.

Like many previous generations of his family, Patrick Grant owned the lands of Glenlochy in Speyside.