About Henry Grant
Lived 1848 – 1919 (aged 70). Henry Grant was a British military officer.
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. He became Assistant Adjutant-General in Bengal in 1891, Inspector-General of Cavalry in India in 1893, and Inspector of Cavalry in the United Kingdom in 1898. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1903 and Governor of Malta in 1907 before he retired in 1909. and is commemorated by a memorial tablet at Duthil Church near Carrbridge.
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Who was Henry Grant?
British army officer (1848-1919)
When was Henry Grant born?
Henry Grant was born on 13 December 1848 in Shimla.
When did Henry Grant die?
Henry Grant died on 22 April 1919.
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Henry Grant was a military officer.
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Henry Grant was British.
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