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Revision as of 15:31, 4 April 2015

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]

On 7 July 1887, he was loaned to the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 46 for manoeuvres.[2]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1896.[3]

Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[4]

He was captain of Barfleur from October 1907 to June of the following year.[5]

He commanded Lord Nelson from March 1910 to November 1911.[6]

Great War

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 May, 1915, vice Gillett.[7]

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.[8] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[9]

Bibliography

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

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 46
7 Jul, 1887[10] 		Succeeded by
William White
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 046
Preceded by
Charles H. Dundas 		Captain of H.M.S. Forte
Feb, 1905[11] 		Succeeded by
Herbert J. O. Millar
Preceded by
Hugh H. D. Tothill 		Captain of H.M.S. Barfleur
Oct, 1907[12] 		Succeeded by
Hugh T. Hibbert
Preceded by
? 		Captain of Chatham Gunnery School
1 Jun, 1908[13] 		Succeeded by
Brian H. F. Barttelot
Preceded by
Douglas R. L. Nicholson 		Captain of H.M.S. Lord Nelson
31 Mar, 1910[14][15] 		Succeeded by
Edmund H. Smith
Preceded by
Godfrey H. B. Mundy 		Captain Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard
5 Dec, 1911[16] 		Succeeded by
Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26757. p. 3978. 10 July, 1896.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4181. 1 July, 1904.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29175. p. 5107. 28 May, 1915.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 354.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Day of month inferred from predecessor. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 548.

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