William Grant

Managing Director

SALISBURY - William was born and bred on the family livestock farm at Alvediston, near Shaftesbury on the Wiltshire/Dorset borders in an area that the Grant family have farmed for over three generations. He has lived in the area for nearly 50 years.

William was educated locally in Tisbury & Salisbury.  After a 4 year spell working and travelling abroad, he trained at Porlock in Somerset and Moat House in Kent, as a Riding Instructor. He studied farm management at Sparsholt  College, Winchester  and finished at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester where he graduated with a First Class Degree and won the Goldstand Medal as top student in Estate Management out of a class of 120.

Over the next fourteen years William worked for a number of leading agents including Knight Frank, Savills, Bruton Knowles, Pearsons, Clegg Kennedy Drew, Andersons and finally Woolley & Wallis, where he was made an equity partner in 2000. William oversaw a dramatic eight fold growth in sales and turnover and headed up the Farm & Equestrian departments for the firm before leaving to found his own family firm Fox Grant.

Fox Grant - Founder and Managing Director of Fox Grant, Fox Grant Partnerships and the Rural Directory website (www.ruraldirectory.co.uk). A Chartered Surveyor and Agricultural Valuer – MRICS, FNAEA, FNAVA and FAAV.

Experience - William has worked in the Rural Property business for close on 25 years and is widely recognised as one of the most experienced Rural & Equestrian property experts in the South of England.

Specialisms - Valuation, Sales, Equestrian Lettings, Marketing & Business Development.

Hobbies - A former Riding Instructor (BHSAI), William is a keen equestrian team chase competitor participating in hunt scurries and hunting.  Interests also include gardening & trees.

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