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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Alfred Ernest Albert Grant''', Royal Navy, Retired (10 April, 1861 &ndash; 14 August, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Alfred Ernest Albert Grant''', Royal Navy, Retired (10 April, 1861 &ndash; 14 August, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  

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Admiral Alfred E. A. Grant, 1918.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral Alfred Ernest Albert Grant, Royal Navy, Retired (10 April, 1861 – 14 August, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1884.[1]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1896.[2]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]

He was captain of Barfleur from October 1907 to June of the following year.[4]

He commanded Lord Nelson from March 1910 to November 1911.[5]

Great War

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 May, 1915, vice Gillett.[6]

Post War

Grant was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 November, 1919, vice Browning, and placed on the Retired List on 2 November.[7] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[8]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26757. p. 3978. 10 July, 1896.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4181. 1 July, 1904.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 29175. p. 5107. 28 May, 1915.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Grant" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 15 August, 1933. Issue 46523, col E, p. 12.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Godfrey H. B. Mundy
Senior Naval Officer, Pembroke Dockyard
1911 – 1915
Succeeded by
Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown

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