Henry Grant (British Army officer)
Sir Henry Fane GCB GCVO Grant ( born December 13, 1848 † April 22, 1919 ) was a British officer.
Henry Fane Grant comes from the family of the Grants of Auchendoun / Auchterblair, a Scottish clan that was founded in 1732 and goes back to the Grants of Tullochgorm. His father, Sir Patrick Grant, was Field Marshal of the British Army, his mother Frances Mary was the daughter of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. Grant came in 1868 with the 4th ( The Queen's Own) Regiment of Hussars at the service of the British Army one. This cavalry regiment was established in 1685 and stayed for nearly three centuries until 1958 consist. The service as an officer in the cavalry was reserved at the time, wealthy men. Grant was performed in 1868 as a cornet in the regiment.
Grant then served in the Egyptian army and reached there the rank of Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel. Such exchange between the British Army and the armies of the colonies, dominions and more dependent on the United Kingdom states at that time were quite widespread. While serving in the Egyptian army Grant was awarded the Medal mecidiye third class. Promoted to Major in 1881 he was involved in the suppression of a mutiny among ethnic Turkish soldiers Egyptian troops; regardless of the dependence of Great Britain Egypt was then formally a part of the Ottoman Empire. Grant took from the 4th Hussars again to the Egyptian army stopped at the Nile Expedition under Garnet Wolseley part. For his services during the campaign he was praised in the army report mentioned ( Mentioned in Despatches ), appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath and awarded the Star of the Khedive.
General Grant was appointed after his return to the UK for Inspector of Cavalry ( Inspector - General of Cavalry ). In the British armed forces, a general inspector was primarily responsible for education and training of the troops, a command was not associated with this post. His successor in this position in 1903 General Robert Baden- Powell, the British reorganized the cavalry comprehensively. Then took over Grant in command of the 5th Infantry Division. This division was set up in 1807 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and was one of the major active associations in the British Army. Following the command of the Division Clarke was transferred command of the II Corps. This corps should be placed from the Southern Command for the defense of the British Isles. A total of St John saw the Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton 1901 reform initiated the formation of six corps for the defense of the United Kingdom before, of which only the I and II Corps from regular troops should be formed. However, the plans remain theory, with the Haldane Reforms formed from the six divisions of the British Expeditionary Force was established. Grant in 1907, according to de facto dissolution of the Corps, as Lieutenant - Governor General and Commander in Chief ( Governor and Commander -in- Chief ) of Malta. This post had already clothed his father, Sir Patrick Grant, 1867-1872. In 1909, Henry Fane Grant resigned as General in retirement. In 1909, the residence of the Lieutenant of the Tower of London, he was assigned by royal patent.
On June 26, 1908 Grant Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath had become.
1898 Grant married Lily Sandys. Grant was shot in 1919 at a rabbit hunt.