Henry Grant (British Army officer)
Sir Henry Grant | |
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Born | 13 December 1848 |
Died | 22 April 1919 | (aged 70)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1868–1909 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | 5th Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | Nile Expedition |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order |
General Sir Henry Fane Grant GCB, GCVO (13 December 1848 – 22 April 1919) was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.
Military career[]
Born the son of General Sir Patrick Grant, Grant was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1868 and took part in the Nile Expedition in 1884.[1] He became Assistant Adjutant-General in Bengal in 1891, Inspector-General of Cavalry in India in 1893[2] and Inspector of Cavalry in the United Kingdom in 1898.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1903 and Governor of Malta in 1907 before he retired in 1909.[1]
In retirement he became Lieutenant of the Tower of London.[3] He was killed while out rabbit-shooting in Scotland[4] and is commemorated by a memorial tablet at Duthil Church near Carrbridge.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford, p.396
- ^ a b Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 22 November 1919
- ^ Carrbridge Community Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- 1848 births
- 1919 deaths
- British Army generals
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- 4th Queen's Own Hussars officers
- Governors and Governors-General of Malta