Sir Robert Grant was a busy man of the world–too busy to concern himself with hymns, you might think. He had been born in India in 1779, the son of the East India Company’s director, Charles Grant, a man associated with the Clapham Sect (a group of evangelical social reformers from Clapham, England). Born in the colonies Robert may have been, but it was in Magdalen College at the University of Oxford that he completed his higher education. He was admitted to the bar in 1807–which meant he could practice law. The following year, the 29-year-old won a seat in … Continue reading Sir Robert Grant Penned “O Worship the King”