Henry Grant (British Army officer) explained

Sir Henry Grant
Birth Date:13 December 1848
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1868–1909
Rank:General
Commands:5th Infantry Division
Battles:Nile Expedition
Awards:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Relations:General Sir Patrick Grant (father)
Laterwork:Governor of Malta (1907–09)

General Sir Henry Fane Grant, (13 December 1848 – 22 April 1919) was a British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1903 to 1906. He was Governor of Malta from 1907 to 1909.

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 Grant 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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/GRANT12.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-396-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml 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
  3. http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3299236 Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 22 November 1919
  5. http://www.carrbridge.com/History.htm Carrbridge Community