GRANT, Colesworthy. b. London 25 Oct. 1813; went to Calcutta 1832; well known as an artist; professor of drawing Howrah engineering coll. 1849 and at Presidency engineering coll. Calcutta 185-; founded Calcutta soc. for prevention of cruelty to animals, and became hon. sec. 4 Oct. 1861; contributed 167 portrait sketches to the India Review and other papers 1838–50; made 78 sketches of Oriental heads; author of Rough pencillings of a rough trip to Rangoon in 1846, Calcutta 1853; Anglo-Indian domestic life 185-, anon.; Rural life in Bengal, Letters from an Artist in India to his sisters in England 1860; To the children of Calcutta, On cruelty, Calcutta 1872. d. Calcutta 31 May 1880. P. C. Mittra’s Life of C. Grant (1881), portrait.
GRANT, David. b. Upper Banchory, Kincardineshire 1823; educ. Aberdeen univ.; schoolmaster Elgin; French master Oundle gram. sch. Northamptonshire 1861; assist. master Eccleshall coll. near Sheffield 1865; kept a day sch. at Sheffield by which he was ruined 1880; private tutor Edinburgh 1880 to death; author of Metrical tales, Sheffield 1880; Lays and legends of the North, Edin. 1884; A book of ten songs with music 1887. d. Edinburgh 1886. D. H. Edwards’ Modern Scotch poets, Brechin (1880).
GRANT, Sir Francis (4 son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, who d. 1819). b. Edinburgh 18 Jany. 1803; ed. at Harrow; exhibited 253 portraits at R.A. 1834–79; the fashionable portrait painter of the day from 1840; A.R.A. 1842, R.A. 11 Feb. 1851, pres. 1866; member of Belgian academy 1855; knighted at Buckingham Palace 24 March 1866; hon. D.C.L. Ox. 1870. d. The Lodge, Melton Mowbray 5 Oct. 1878. Illustrated Review, v, 449–55, portrait; J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists, ii, 1–3; Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii, 295–7 (1862); I.L.N. vi, 293 (1845), portrait, xviii, 219 (1851), portrait, xlviii, 232 (1866), portrait.
GRANT, Gertrude Elizabeth. Author under pseudonym of Gerald Grant of 3 novels Coming home to roost 3 vols. 1872, The old ✠ quarry 3 vols. 1873, The great gulf fixed 3 vols. 1877. d. Göritz, Austria 29 Dec. 1882.
GRANT, James. b. Elgin, Morayshire 1802; a founder and editor of Elgin Courier 1827; went to London 1833; conducted London Saturday Journal 1839, Grant’s London Journal 1840; editor of Morning Advertiser 1850–71, of Christian Standard 1872; author of The great metropolis 1836, 1837; Random recollections of House of Commons and House of Lords 2 vols. 1836, second ser. called The British senate 1838; The metropolitan pulpit 1839; The newspaper press, its origin, progress and present position 3 vols. 1871–72; The Plymouth Brethren 1875 and upwards of 30 other works. d. 35 Cornwall road, Bayswater, London 23 May 1879. Bookseller, June 1879 p. 510; Licensed Victuallers Almanac (1862), portrait; I.L.N. lxxiv, 561 (1879), portrait.
GRANT, James. b. Glen Urquhart, Invernessshire 1840; educ. Aberdeen univ., M.A.; studied law in Edinburgh; assistant to professor Cosmo Innes, whom he helped in his books; worked under John Hill Burton and professor Masson in publication of Scottish privy council records; F.S.A.; author of History of the burgh and parish schools of Scotland, vol. 1, 1876, vol. 2 though completed not printed; History of the university of Edinburgh, unprinted. d. at his brother’s residence 114 Bell terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne 9 Aug. 1885.
GRANT, James (eld. son of John Grant, capt. 92 highlanders). b. Edinburgh 1 Aug. 1822; resident in Newfoundland 1833–39; ensign 62 foot 1840, resigned 1843; with David Rhind architect, Edin. 1843; founder and sec. of National association for Vindication of Scottish rights 1852 which was ridiculed in Punch; an early volunteer; joined Roman Catholic ch. 1875; author of The Romance of war 4 vols. 1846–47; Memorials of the castle of Edinburgh 1850; The adventures of an aide-de-camp 3 vols. 1848; Old and new Edinburgh 3 vols. 1880; Love’s labour won 3 vols. 1888 and about 60 other works. d. 25 Tavistock road, Westbourne park, London 5 May 1887.
GRANT, James Gregor. Lecturer for Northern Union of Mechanics’ institutes; resided in Sunderland; wrote a series of stories on local legends for Newcastle Weekly Chronicle; author of Madonna Pia and other poems 2 vols. 1848. d. London 25 Dec. 1875.
GRANT, Sir James Hope (youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire). b. 22 July 1808; cornet 9 lancers 29 Aug. 1826, lieut. col. 29 April 1850 to 26 Feb. 1858; colonel 4 hussars 18 Jany. 1861 to 6 Feb. 1865; col. 9 lancers 9 Feb. 1865 to death; general 23 April 1872, took an important part in suppression of Indian mutiny 1857–8; commanded British forces during Chinese war 1860; commander in chief at Madras 1861–5; quartermaster general at head quarters 1865–70; commanded division at Aldershot 1 Nov. 1870 to death; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842, K.C.B. 21 Jany. 1858, G.C.B. 9 Nov. 1860. d. at house of Baroness Gray, 42 Grosvenor gardens, London 7 March 1875. C. R. Low’s Soldiers of the Victorian age, ii, 252–307 (1880); Golden Hours (1869) 818–32, portrait; D. C. Boulger’s History of China, iii, 483 et seq. (1884); I.L.N. lxvi, 258, 273, 277, 278, 470 (1875), portrait.
GRANT, James Macpherson. b. Alvie, Invernessshire 1822; went with his parents to New South Wales 1836; articled to Chambers and Thurlow, solicitors, Sydney 1841–47; solicitor 1847, partner with Mr. Thurlow; solicitor Melbourne 1854; member for Bendigo to legislative council Victoria, Nov. 1855, member for Sandhurst boroughs 1856, for Avoca 1859 to decease; V.P. of Board of lands and works 1861, president 1864–68, 1868–69, 1871–72; minister of justice 1875, 1877–80; chief sec. 1881–83; did much in settling the people on the public lands. d. Melbourne? 1 April 1885. Men of the time in Australia, Victoria (1878) 73.