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Revision as of 10:09, 11 May 2014

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]

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.

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

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 46
7 Jul, 1887 – ?
Succeeded by
Stephen W. Duckett
Preceded by
Charles H. D. of Dundas
Captain of H.M.S. Forte
Feb, 1905 – ?
Succeeded by
Herbert J. O. Millar
Preceded by
Peyton Hoskyns
Captain of H.M.S. Barfleur
Oct, 1907 – ?
Succeeded by
Hugh T. Hibbert
Preceded by
Robert K. Arbuthnot
Captain of H.M.S. Lord Nelson
Mar, 1910 – ?
Succeeded by
Edmund H. Smith
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