Richard Grant

Sir Richard Grant (17833 March 1859) was a British Royal Navy officer who was knighted in 1820.

Early life Sir Richard Grant was born in 1783 in Kingston, Colony of Jamaica. His father, Richard Grant, Esq., held the office of King's Proctor under King George III in Jamaica. He was a relative of British inventor Sir Thomas Tassell Grant.

He was appointed second captain of the HMS Hussar (Hussar 46) on 17 May 1827, serving under Admiral Sir Charles Ogle at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the following year, he was transferred to the HMS Tyne. He became part of the HMS Castor crew stationed at Chatham in 1832. By 1837, he was appointed flag captain on the HMS Cornwallis, serving with Hon. Sir Charles Paget on the North America and West Indies Stations. He was later stationed aboard the HMS St. Vincent, the flagship of Sir Charles Ogle, at Portsmouth in 1845. In 1849, he was noted in A Naval Biographical Dictionary by Irish biographer William Richard O'Byrne. Promoted to rear admiral on the reserved list in 1855, his service record included deployments to the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean, Baltic, and North America. He married her on 29 July 1846. He also resided at 3 Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London.

Death Sir Richard Grant died in Shawefield, Havant, Hampshire, England on 3 March 1859.