Grandison Royston

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific_prefix=General

|image=Grandison D. Royston.png

|name=Grandison D. Royston

|office1=Delegate to 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention

|term_start1=July 14, 1874

|term_end1=September 7, 1874

|constituency1=Hempstead County

|alongside1=John R. Eakin

|office2 = Member of the
Confederate House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd district

|term_start2 = February 18, 1862

|term_end2 = November 8, 1864

|predecessor2 = Constituency established

|successor2 = Rufus K. Garland

|state_senate3=Arkansas

|district3=Hempstead County and Pike County

|term_start3=November 3, 1856

|term_end3=November 1, 1858

|predecessor3=P. R. Booker

|successor3=A. H. Carrigan

|office4=Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

|term_start4=December 4, 1837

|term_end4=November 5, 1838

|predecessor4=John Wilson

|successor4=Gilbert Marshall

|state_house5=Arkansas

|district5=Hempstead County

|term_start5=September 12, 1836

|term_end5=November 5, 1838

|alongside5=James W. Judkins

|predecessor5=constituency established

|successor5=

|office6=United States Attorney for the District of Arkansas

|nominator6=John Tyler

|term_start6=1836

|term_end6=1836

|predecessor6=Thomas J. Lacey

|successor6=Samuel S. Hall

|office7=Delegate to 1836 Arkansas Constitutional Convention

|term_start7=January 4, 1836

|term_end7=January 30, 1836

|alongside7=James H. Walker

|constituency7=Hempstead County{{cite book |title=Annals of Arkansas |year=1947 |last= Herndon |first= Dallas T. |volume=1-4 |page=123 |publisher=The Historical Record Association |location=Hopkinsville, Kentucky |isbn=978-1-56546-450-6 |lccn=48002456 |oclc=3920841 |ref={{harvid|"Annals"|1947}} }}

|birth_date= {{birth date|1809|12|9}}

|birth_place=Carter County, Tennessee

|education=Presbyterian Academy

|profession=Lawyer, politician

|residence=Grandison D. Royston House

|party=Democratic

|spouse= {{marriage |Clarissa Bates |1835-01-01}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1889|8|14|1809|12|9}}

|death_place=Washington, Arkansas

|restingplace = Old Washington Cemetery

| allegiance = {{flag|Arkansas}}

| branch = Arkansas Militia

| serviceyears = 1844-1849

| rank = Brigadier general

|footnotes={{cite book |last1= Priest |first1= Sharon |author-link1=Sharon Priest |editor1-last= Runnells |editor1-first= Jonathan |title= Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State |pages=216-217, 226-228 |year= 1998 |publisher= Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State |isbn= 9780313302121 |oclc= 40157815 |ref={{harvid|"SOS"|1998}} }}

}}

Grandison Delaney Royston (December 9, 1809 – August 14, 1889) was an Arkansas politician. He was born in Carter County, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and the Arkansas State Senate in 1858. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864.{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html |title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Royal to Rubio |author= |authorlink= |vauthors= |date= |publisher= |pages= |language= |quote= |access-date=2008-10-09}}

In 1853 he was elected a prosecuting attorney.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jxlmbk1ELIC&dq=s.h.+emerson+arkansas+representative&pg=PA280 | title=Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association | date=1908 }}