Sir Alexander Grant (1775–29 September 1827) was a British Army officer who served as the first Commandant of St Mary's Island from 1816 to 1825. He is noted for having founded Bathurst (now Banjul) and Georgetown (now Janjanbureh), as well as negotiating the purchase of St Mary’s Island (now Banjul Island), MacCarthy Island, and the Ceded Mile.
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