Charles Grant

General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, (13 August 1877 – 9 November 1950) was a senior British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, in the First World War of 1914 to 1918, and was a general officer during the 1930s and the early stages of the Second World War.

Military career Grant was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 20 February 1897, and promoted to lieutenant on 11 May 1898. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, where he was part of the Kimberley relief force, and was wounded at the Battle of Belmont in November 1899. Following the end of the war, he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regiment on 1 July 1902.

Grant left his position of brigade major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, to which he had been appointed in 1909, in order to become a general staff officer, grade 3 (GSO3), at the War Office in February 1912. He was promoted to major in October 1913.

Grant also served in the First World War, initially as a brigade major for the 3rd Infantry Brigade which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force deployed to France in August 1914. He then became temporary general officer commanding (GOC) of the 1st Infantry Brigade in 1917. then became GOC of the 53rd (Welsh) Division of the Territorial Army (TA). In December 1932 he became Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and GOC London District. In 1937 he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, retiring from that posting in 1940. to 1946. He served as a deputy lieutenant for the county in 1946.

Family Grant was married in 1903 to Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose (1879–1955), eldest daughter of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who had served as British prime minister from 1894 to 1895. They had one son, Charles Robert Archibald Grant (1903–1972), who married Pamela Wellesley (1912–1987), a granddaughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington.

Later life Grant died at his wife's property, The Durdans, Epsom, Surrey, aged 73, in November 1950, and was buried in the family grave at Balmacaan, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland.