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Charles Grant (British Army officer)

General

Sir Charles Grant
Born(1877-08-13)13 August 1877
London, England
Died9 November 1950(1950-11-09) (aged 73)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Buried
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1897–1940
RankGeneral
UnitColdstream Guards
CommandsScottish Command
London District
53rd (Welsh) Division
8th Infantry Brigade
137rd (Staffordshire) Brigade
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (7)
Legion of Honour (France)

General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, KCB, KCVO, DSO (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.[1]

Military career

Grant was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 20 February 1897, and promoted to lieutenant on 11 May 1898.[2] 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.[3] Following the end of the war, he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regiment on 1 July 1902.[4][1]

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 1914.[2] He was a General Staff Officer[5] in various formations before becoming temporary commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade in 1917.[2] In 1918 he was assigned to General Headquarters of the French Army, as a liaison officer between General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and French Marshal Ferdinand Foch.[2] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches seven times, and was wounded during the war.[1]

Grant became commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion the Coldstream Guards in 1919 moving on to join the General Staff in Egypt in 1921.[2] In 1925 he became commander of the 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade and, in 1927, commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade.[2]

In 1930 Grant became General Officer Commanding the 53rd (Welsh) Division and in 1932 Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the London District.[2] In 1937 he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, retiring from that posting in 1940.[2] He was also Honorary Colonel of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry from 1930 to 1946.[2][1]

Grant owned and lived much of his life at Pitchford Hall in Shropshire.[6][7] He served as a deputy lieutenant for the county in 1946.[1]

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,[8] Charles Robert Archibald Grant (1903–1972), who married Pamela Wellesley (1912–1987), a granddaughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington.[9]

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.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Smart 2005, p. 128.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Grant, Sir Charles". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  4. ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4511.
  5. ^ "No. 29427". The London Gazette. 4 January 1916. p. 182.
  6. ^ "Pitchford Place". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. ^ Pitchford Estate Archived 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Pitchford Estate: History Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Pamela Berry (née Wellesley)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Sir Charles Grant". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 17 November 1950. p. 4.

Bibliography

  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
1930–1932
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Colonel of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1931–1947
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by GOC London District
1932–1934
Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC-in-C Scottish Command
1937–1940
Succeeded by

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