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Royal Navy officer (1864–1929)

Sir
William Grant
Vice-admiral Sir William Lowther Grant by Francis Dodd
Birth nameWilliam Lowther Grant
Born10 November 1864
Southsea, Portsea Island, England
Died30 January 1929(1929-01-30) (aged 64)
West Malling, Kent, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1877–1920
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Cornwallis
6th and 3rd Cruiser Squadrons
China Station
North America and West Indies Station
Battles / warsAnglo-Egyptian War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant KCB (10 November 1864 – 30 January 1929) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.

Naval career

Grant joined the Royal Navy in 1877, and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. He was later Commander on board HMS Doris, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station, Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, and was in January 1900 landed in Cape Colony to take part in the Second Boer War. During the next months he commanded a detachment of guns operating in the Orange River Colony, and was specially promoted to captain on 21 October 1900 for services during the war.

Still in South Africa, he was appointed in command of the guardship at Simons Town, the elderly ironclad masted turret ship HMS Monarch on 5 May 1902. After the end of the Second Boer war, he was appointed Naval Advisor to the Inspector-General of Fortifications, and left South Africa on SS Britannic in early October 1902 to take up the position on his return the following month. Appointment as Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence followed in 1908, before he became rear admiral providing special service with the Home Fleet in 1910. He served in World War I initially commanding the 6th Cruiser Squadron with cruiser HMS Drake as his flagship. He was made Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1916 and Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station in 1918. He retired in 1920.

In retirement he sought to justify Admiral Lord Jellicoe's actions at the Battle of Jutland in the face of German criticism.

Family

In 1892, Grant married Mabel Emily Brodrick, daughter of the Rev. Henry Brodrick and Emily Hester Brodrick.

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Admiral Sir Lowther Grant". The Times. 31 January 1929.
  2. "Catalogue description: Grant, William Lowther". The National Archives (UK). 15 July 1877. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ Sir William Lowther Grant Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. "The War – Naval officers at the front". The Times. No. 36053. London. 31 January 1900. p. 10.
  5. "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6779.
  6. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36761. London. 7 May 1902. p. 10.
  7. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36887. London. 1 October 1902. p. 9.
  8. "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning Home". The Times. No. 36899. London. 15 October 1902. p. 8.
  9. The Dreadnought Project
  10. Jutland History Evening Post, 1924
  11. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). "Armorial Families". Internet Archive. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grang Publishing Works. pp. 132–3. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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Military offices
Preceded bySir Martyn Jerram Commander-in-Chief, China Station
1916–1917 		Succeeded bySir Frederick Tudor
Preceded bySir Montague Browning Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
1918–1919 		Succeeded bySir Morgan Singer
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